Vocabulary
Frogs like this secrete poison. This means poison seeps from its skin.
What does secrete mean?
seeps from skin
These tell me important words or ideas in the text
Bold Print Words
I am a cold blooded vertebrate. I live in water and use gills to breathe and fins to move. Palo Piranha belongs in my animal kingdom.
Fish
Ladybug
Invertebrate
The moon is made of smelly cheese.
What is the noun, verb and adjective?
Noun: moon
Verb: made
Adjective: smelly
I'm here to help you learn how scientists sort, or classify, living things into groups.
What does classify mean?
sort into groups
Visually shows me what text is about and describes the other part
Photo and Caption
I am a cold blooded vertebrate that can live both on land and water. Tabitha toad belongs in my animal kingdom.
Amphibian
Penguin
Vertebrate
The saucy meatball rolled across the floor.
What is the noun, verb and adjective?
Noun: Meatball, floor
Verb: rolled
Adjective: saucy
They are pretty hard to find today because they were nearly hunted to extinction.
What does extinction mean in this sentence?
Hard to find
Shows me specific areas that were talked about in the text
Map
I am a warm blooded vertebrate. I give birth to live babies and feed them with milk. I have fur or hair on my body. Hilda hippo belongs to my animal kingdom.
Mammal
What is a vertebrate?
Animal with a backbone
Tammy eats tasty pizza, juicy pears, and a green salad.
What are the nouns, verbs and adjectives?
Nouns: Tammy, pizza, pears, salad
Verbs: eats
Adjectives: tasty, juicy, green
They can also hover, or float in the air?
What does hover mean?
Float
Provides information about key topics
Heading
I am a coldblooded vertebrate. I typically have rough, thick, scaly skin. I can live almost anywhere. Anna anaconda is a part of my animal kingdom.
Reptile
What is an invertebrate?
An animal with no backbone
Eli and Quincy sang silly songs about flying cows.
What are the nouns, verbs and adjectives?
Nouns: Eli, Quincy, songs, cows
Verbs: sang
Adjectives: silly, flying
They use their teeth to gnaw down trees of all sizes for food or building anything.
What does gnaw mean?
To chew
Labels places or parts of something from the text
Diagram
I am warm blooded. I have 2 legs, a beak, and feathers. I have wings but I cant always fly. Ebenezer belongs to my animal kingdom.
Bird
Snake
Vertebrate
Miss W did perfect backflips around the classroom while the giggly third graders watched.
What are the nouns, verbs and adjectives?
Nouns: Miss W, classroom, third graders
Verbs: backflips, watched
Adjectives: perfect, giggly