Animals and Habitats: Supplemental Guide 7B | Animals of the Freshwater Habitat 153medium, or big? [Tape the card near the word big on the right-
hand side of the line.]- [Repeat this process with the remaining cards: tiny, mini,
petite, wee, little; normal, average; gigantic, colossal, giant,
jumbo, large. When all the cards have been attached to the
word wall, read the words with students.] - With your partner, choose two words from the Horizontal Word
Wall, and make a sentence for each word.
[Display the Horizontal Word Wall throughout the domain, and
encourage students to add additional words to the wall.]
Habitat Journal: The Freshwater Habitat
(Instructional Master 7B-1) 20 minutes
- Tell students that they will make another page for their Habitat
Journals. Today they will draw a freshwater habitat. [You may
wish to review Flip Book images of the freshwater habitat before
having students begin this activity.] - Give each student Instructional Master 7B-1. Discuss what they
have learned about the freshwater habitat. To help students
brainstorm ideas for their drawings, you may wish to ask
questions such as the following:
- What kind of freshwater habitat will you draw? (lake, river,
pond, wetland or stream) - What kind of plants will be in your drawing? Will any of them
fl oat on the water? - Will there be insects in your drawing?
- Will there be fi sh in your drawing?
- After students have fi nished their drawings, ask them to write
one sentence to describe their drawings of the freshwater
habitat, using their sound/letter knowledge to sound out and
write out their sentences. - Have students share their journal page in small groups or with
home-language peers.