Grade 1 - Animals and Habitats

64 Animals and Habitats: Supplemental Guide 3B | Animals of the Sonoran Desert Habitat

 Show image 3A-8: Gila woodpecker

• Tell your partner three things that can be found on the saguaro
  cactus. (fl owers, spines, Gila woodpeckers, insects)

 Vocabulary Instructional Activity

(Instructional Masters 3B-1 and 3B-2) 15 minutes

Word Chart: Herbivore, Carnivore, Omnivore

• Remind students that animals that eat only plants are called
  herbivores. Animals that eat other animals are called carnivores.
  Animals that eat both plants and other animals are called
  omnivores.


• Have students examine the pictures on Instructional Master
  3B-1. As they do so, provide the following information, and ask
  the following questions:

1. [Point to the image on the top left.] This is a wolverine. It
   eats other animals such as rats. Is the wolverine a carnivore,
   herbivore, or omnivore?
   [Note: You may wish to have students write the letter ‘C’ on
   the image to remind them that a wolverine is a carnivore.]


2. [Point to the image on the top right.] This is a caribou. It eats
   grasses, which are a type of plant. Is the caribou a carnivore,
   herbivore, or omnivore?
   [Note: You may wish to have students write the letter ‘H’ on
   the image to remind them that a caribou is a herbivore.]


3. [Point to the image in the second row on the left.] This is a
   desert cottontail rabbit. It eats plants such as grasses and
   cacti. Is the desert cottontail rabbit a carnivore, herbivore, or
   omnivore?


4. [Point to the image in the second row on the right.] This is an
   elf owl. It eats other animals, such as bugs and rats. Is the elf
   owl a carnivore, herbivore, or omnivore?


5. [Point to the image in the third row on the left.] This is a Gila
   woodpecker. It eats cactus fruit and berries as well as insects.
   Is the Gila woodpecker a carnivore, herbivore, or omnivore?
   [Note: You may wish to have students write the letter ‘O’ on