Amazing Animals! 80 Ready-to-Use Stories & Activity Sheets for Building Reading Comprehension Skills (Reading Levels 3 - 6)

by Barnes, Stanton L.

• ISBN13: 9780130600424
• ISBN10: 0130600423
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-15
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

This resource gives classroom teachers and reading specialists 80 stimulating illustrated two-page animal stories and 80 illustrated two-page activity sheets for building students' vocabulary, reading comprehension and critical thinking skills. The stories and activities are organized into four equal sections focusing on reading levels 3, 4, 5 and 6 and accompanied by "New Vocabulary" to introduce the pronunciation and meaning of new words and "Questions to Ask" to spark students' curiosity and recall prior knowledge. Each section concludes with ten reproducible enrichment activities to further challenge students' thinking skills followed by complete answer keys to all activities in that section.

Author Biography

Stanton L. Barnes received his B.S. in Education from Otterbein College in Ohio and his M.Ed. from Western Washington University. He has been teaching elementary students in the state of Washington for the past 30 years. He has specialized in teaching reading skills at all elementary levels, and is well known for emphasizing scientific thinking and reasoning skills with students.

Table of Contents

About This Book	v
How to Use This Book	xi
Reading Level 3	1	(104)
Before Reading the Story: New Vocabulary and Questions to Ask	2	(4)
A Friendly Spring Bird	6	(4)
Activity Sheets	8	(2)
The Shy American Bear	10	(4)
Activity Sheets	12	(2)
The Beautiful Ladybug	14	(4)
Activity Sheets	16	(2)
Is Jack a Rabbit?	18	(4)
Activity Sheets	20	(2)
Monarch Butterflies Flutter By	22	(4)
Activity Sheets	24	(2)
A Cute and Friendly Furball	26	(4)
Activity Sheets	28	(2)
Can Squirrels Really Fly?	30	(4)
Activity Sheets	32	(2)
Saving Siberian Tigers	34	(4)
Activity Sheets	36	(2)
What Big Teeth You Have!	38	(4)
Activity Sheets	40	(2)
The Biggest Land Mammal	42	(4)
Activity Sheets	44	(2)
American Marsupials	46	(4)
Activity Sheets	48	(2)
The Great Desert Taxi	50	(4)
Activity Sheets	52	(2)
Friendly Chips	54	(4)
Activity Sheets	56	(2)
Clever as a Fox	58	(4)
Activity Sheets	60	(2)
Reptiles with Shells	62	(4)
Activity Sheets	64	(2)
A Big, Beautiful, Black Bird	66	(4)
Activity Sheets	68	(2)
Patient Prairie Wolves	70	(4)
Activity Sheets	72	(2)
Short-horned Grasshoppers	74	(4)
Activity Sheets	76	(2)
The Most Famous Deer of All	78	(4)
Activity Sheets	80	(2)
Our Worst Friend	82	(23)
Activity Sheets	84	(21)
Answer Key for Activity Sheets	86	(5)
Enrichment Activities: Teaching Ideas and Answer Key	91	(3)
Reproducible Enrichment Activities	94	(11)
Reading Level 4	105	(102)
Before Reading the Story: New Vocabulary and Questions to Ask	106	(4)
Save the Giant Panda	110	(4)
Activity Sheets	112	(2)
Hold on, Sea Horse	114	(4)
Activity Sheets	116	(2)
I Wouldn't Eat that Cucumber	118	(4)
Activity Sheets	120	(2)
Our Most Popular State Bird	122	(4)
Activity Sheets	124	(2)
The Really Big Bird	126	(4)
Activity Sheets	128	(2)
The Greatest Marsupial	130	(4)
Activity Sheets	132	(2)
A Cute Australian	134	(4)
Activity Sheets	136	(2)
The Smallest, Brightest Birds	138	(4)
Activity Sheets	140	(2)
The World's Tallest Animal	142	(4)
Activity Sheets	144	(2)
Watch Out for Jellyfish!	146	(4)
Activity Sheets	148	(2)
Whose Stomping Ground Is It?	150	(4)
Activity Sheets	152	(2)
A Prickly Mammal	154	(4)
Activity Sheets	156	(2)
The Horse Tigers	158	(4)
Activity Sheets	160	(2)
Barn Owls Don't Hoot	162	(4)
Activity Sheets	164	(2)
Is He Washing for Dinner?	166	(4)
Activity Sheets	168	(2)
King of the Beasts	170	(4)
Activity Sheets	172	(2)
Warts Can Be Beautiful	174	(4)
Activity Sheets	176	(2)
Beep-beep!	178	(4)
Activity Sheets	180	(2)
Could a Woodchuck Chuck Wood?	182	(4)
Activity Sheets	184	(2)
A Great Fish Story	186	(21)
Activity Sheets	188	(19)
Answer Key for Activity Sheets	190	(5)
Enrichment Activities: Teaching Ideas and Answer Key	195	(1)
Reproducible Enrichment Activities	196	(11)
Reading Level 5	207	(102)
Before Reading the Story: New Vocabulary and Questions to Ask	208	(4)
The Biggest Mammal	212	(4)
Activity Sheets	214	(2)
Playful River Otters	216	(4)
Activity Sheets	218	(2)
The Largest Rodent in North America	220	(4)
Activity Sheets	222	(2)
Dig Those Badgers	224	(4)
Activity Sheets	226	(2)
The Great American Bird	228	(4)
Activity Sheets	230	(2)
A Real Shocking Story	232	(4)
Activity Sheets	234	(2)
A Night in Armor	236	(4)
Activity Sheets	238	(2)
The River Horses	240	(4)
Activity Sheets	242	(2)
The Most Intelligent Invertebrate	244	(4)
Activity Sheets	246	(2)
Our Most Dangerous Spider	248	(4)
Activity Sheets	250	(2)
Man of the Woods	252	(4)
Activity Sheets	254	(2)
The Biggest Snake in the World	256	(4)
Activity Sheets	258	(2)
The Ant Bear	260	(4)
Activity Sheets	262	(2)
The Sea Bears	264	(4)
Activity Sheets	266	(2)
Those Old Ducks	268	(4)
Activity Sheets	270	(2)
Where Has Little Dog Gone?	272	(4)
Activity Sheets	274	(2)
Largest Land Animal in the United States?	276	(4)
Activity Sheets	278	(2)
Watch Your Fingers!	280	(4)
Activity Sheets	282	(2)
The Fastest Creature on Earth!	284	(4)
Activity Sheets	286	(2)
The Beautiful Killer Whale	288	(21)
Activity Sheets	290	(19)
Answer Key for Activity Sheets	292	(5)
Enrichment Activities: Teaching Ideas and Answer Key	297	(1)
Reproducible Enrichment Activities	298	(11)
Reading Level 6	309	(1)
Before Reading the Story: New Vocabulary and Questions to Ask	310	(4)
Our Favorite Dolphin	314	(2)
Activity Sheets	316	(2)
Andes Truck	318	(2)
Activity Sheets	320	(2)
The Largest Reptiles Are Scary	322	(2)
Activity Sheets	324	(2)
The Miniature Dinosaurs	326	(2)
Activity Sheets	328	(2)
The Mighty Rhinoceros	330	(2)
Activity Sheets	332	(2)
The Powerful, Peaceful Primates	334	(2)
Activity Sheets	336	(2)
Where the Wild Geese Fly	338	(2)
Activity Sheets	340	(2)
Magnificent Mammal Migration	342	(2)
Activity Sheets	344	(2)
The Feline with Many Names	346	(2)
Activity Sheets	348	(2)
Some Scary Arachnids	350	(2)
Activity Sheets	352	(2)
World's Largest Venomous Snake	354	(2)
Activity Sheets	356	(2)
The Fastest Land Mammal	358	(2)
Activity Sheets	360	(2)
Second Most Intelligent Mammal	362	(2)
Activity Sheets	364	(2)
The Queen and Her Court	366	(2)
Activity Sheets	368	(2)
King of the Northwest	370	(2)
Activity Sheets	372	(2)
The Only True Vampires	374	(2)
Activity Sheets	376	(2)
The Tough Rulers of Antarctica	378	(2)
Activity Sheets	380	(2)
The Man-eating Fish Tale	382	(2)
Activity Sheets	384	(2)
The Wolf that Cried Boy	386	(2)
Activity Sheets	388	(2)
Are Dragons Only a Myth?	390	(2)
Activity Sheets	392	(2)
Answer Key for Activity Sheets	394	(6)
Enrichment Activities: Teaching Ideas and Answer Key	400	(2)
Reproducible Enrichment Activities	402