Lesson+Ideas

Reading/ Language Arts:
 * Fact/ Opinion
 * Vocabulary
 * Summarization
 * Text features
 * Elements of non-fiction
 * Using timelines
 * Compare/ Contrast two different animals, seasons, people, etc.
 * Main idea/ details
 * Locate examples of parts of speech, compound words, words w/ prefixes, suffixes, etc.
 * Use for examples of non-fiction text features
 * After reading an article about an animal, have them create similes or metaphors about that animal.
 * After reading an article, have students locate words that follow a certain spelling pattern.
 * Read the article & complete an appropriate graphic organizer

Science:
 * Planets Project
 * Habitat Hunts: Locate animals that live in a specific habitat
 * Animal Adaptations

Social Studies:
 * Research Projects