Grade 1 - Animals and Habitats

152 Animals and Habitats: Supplemental Guide 7B | Animals of the Freshwater Habitat

the class.]

The bullfrog is also a carnivore. Its dinner tonight might be

snakes, birds, or insects.

 Show image 7A-11: Duck looking for food

5. Now you try making a list and using or to join the last item on
   the list.

• Tell your partner three things this duck might catch for dinner.
  (grasses, worms, snails, small fi sh)


• Tell your partner three different things you might like for dinner.

 Vocabulary Instructional Activity^5 minutes

Horizontal Word Wall: Enormous

 Show image 7A-4: Edge of lake with water lilies

1. In the read-aloud you heard Rattenborough say, “I see an
   enormous leaf in the water. Let me climb onto it.”


2. Enormous means very large.


3. Let’s create a Horizontal Word Wall to show different words
   that describe size. [Show students the chart paper, and point
   out the horizontal line.]


4. [Hold up the card for the word big, and read the word aloud.]
   Big is a word to describe something that is not small. Show
   me with your hands what big looks like. [Tape the card for big
   on the right-hand side of the line.]


5. [Hold up the card for the word small, and read the word
   aloud.] Small is a word to describe something that is not big.
   Show me with your hands what small looks like. [Tape the
   card for small on the left-hand side of the line.]


6. [Hold up the card for the word medium, and read the word
   aloud.] Medium is a word to describe something that is neither
   big nor small. Show me with your hands what medium looks
   like. [Tape the card for medium in the middle of the line.]


7. [Hold up the card for the word enormous, and read the word
   aloud.] Should I put enormous closer to the word small,