Woodpecker: I’m going to stab the bugs out of this tree with my face-knife
Humming bird: I’m going to sip nectar from this flower in a silent ballet.
Explore
It’s for cracking nuts!
Yesterday students learned about adaptation while completing a bird beak lab experiment.
Explore
Students will evaluate a bird graphic & review vocabulary from yesterday.
Elaborate
My bird is pink. Everything should be pink!
Teacher and students discuss various bird adaptations.
Evaluate
The teacher models how to examine bird adaptation traits. Then in groups the students try out the new learning.
Watch me do this & then we’ll do this together.
Students create a fictional bird with randomly distributed body and character adaptations. Students will write 3-4 sentences about the bird and it’s special features.
Students identify adaptations for each body part, and describe the advantage it brings.
Get out your Plickers cards. Let’s see what you remember!