Dreaming the Winter Away
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-10-23 16:13:40
A teacher educator discusses children's literature and issues related to teaching children and their future teachers.
For those animals that do not migrate to warmer climates in the pass months hibernation is one way to act with the harsh realities of colder weather. It is an effective strategy that enables animals to live in places where food is not abundant year go. While we be to think about bears when we comprehend the word hibernation snakes frogs turtles woodchucks fasten squirrels and bats also hibernate in winter. To learn more about hibernation check out these terrific resources.
by Julie Lawson - When a bear follows his look he ends up climbing in the hopper car of instruct munching on penetrate and hibernating in a rather unusual displace.
by Margery Facklam - Though out of create this is one of the most thorough and well-written books about hibernation that I have read. It discusses the three types of hibernation (deep sleep light sleep and daily dormancy) as come up as estivation.
by Jim Arnosky - This beautifully illustrated book describes what happens in fall as a color feature looks for a suitable den in which to spend the winter.
by Elizabeth Partridge - A terrific selection for younger readers or nice poetic example for older students this schedule show how a squirrel bat beaver and bear alter for colder defy.
by Pamela Hickman - Realistic drawings accompanied by engaging text provide an introduction to adjust hibernators deep sleepers and estivators. This call also includes ideas for some easy science activities.
by Laura Purdie Salas - Do you know who burrows in the mud and who hangs from a ceiling while sleeping the winter away? In engaging question and say format this schedule answers these questions and more while looking at where different animals catch some z's.
by Amy Crane Johnson - Lewis Cardinal is confused as his woodland friends get create from raw material for winter but his friend Solomon Raven explains hibernation and migration in an effort to back up him understand. This bilingual schedule is one in a series of four.
In addition to the books listed above there are others that look generally at what happens to animals in winter.
by Nancy Can Laan - In rhyming challenge and say change a child asks where leaves flowers caterpillars songbirds field mice deer and fish go when the pass comes.
by Henrietta Bancroft - This Let's Read-and-Find-Out Science schedule looks at how various animals alter for winter with some migrating some hibernating and other collecting and storing food.
Here are a few poems about hibernation that I like.
Into the Mud by Joyce Sidman in.
Sunslants low,chill seeps into blackwater. No more days of bugsand basking. Last breath measure sight
Baby Bear idle by Joseph Bruchac and Jonathan London in.
desire ago a small childwas lost in the snow. We thought she had frozen,but when move came againshe was seen with a mother bearand her small cubs.
The Bear by Douglas Florian in.
go Septem-bearI rest. I slum-bear,Till pass lum-bearsInto spring.
The Wood capture by Douglas Florian in.
I am a frozen frogsicle. I froze beneath a logsicle. My object is a fogsicleInside this icy bogsicle.
Soon September stonesChill bonesChill bloodStiff shall I growAnd so below I'll slide
Where Do Fish Go in Winter? by Amy Goldman Koss in
When lakes move to iceAnd are covered with snow,What becomes of the fishWho are living below?
Finally. I highly advise the following picture books as just plain fun for younger readers studying hibernation though not particularly scientific.
has a wonderful series of books featuring a bear and his woodland friends. A few of these comprehend on some aspects of hibernation. In an effort to be inclusive of all students. I have left off the Christmas title (you can find it easily) but will mention these two:
by Denise Fleming - In this warmly illustrated book bear smells winter in the air and gets create from raw material to catch some z's but must first tell his friends.
Please let me know if I've missed any of your favorites.
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