What Kingdom is it?
This group of animals are cold blooded vertebrate. They lay leathery eggs, and often have rough scaly skin.
Reptiles
This text feature makes words darker, so they stand out to the reader.
Bold Text
To put things into groups based on their similarities
What is classify?
What does the prefix re- mean?
To do again
A scientist who observes animals and groups them based on similar characteristics.
What is a zoologist?
This group of animals are warm blooded vertebrates. Key characteristics include having hair, producing milk, and giving birth to live babies instead of laying eggs.
Mammals
This text feature is found at the top of a chapter or a new section of nonfiction writing. Typically, it tells the reader what the chapter or section is going to be about.
What is a heading?
Living, growing, or found in water
What is aquatic?
What does is mean to redo something?
To do something again
They help fish move through the water. (NOT fins)
What are scales?
This group of animals lives on both land and in water. They are cold blooded vertebrates. The most recognizable animal in this kingdom is a frog.
Amphibians
Why would an author include a photo and caption in their writing?
To show the reader what it is they are talking about.
Which sentence uses molt correctly?
a. The snake begins to molt, a sign that it is growing.
b. When the puppy needs to go outside, it will molt its tail.
c. The bunnies molt across the yard on a sunny spring day.
a. The snake begins to molt, a sign that it is growing.
A word with a prefix that means "not common".
What is uncommon?
The habitat tropical fish live in.
(freshwater or saltwater?)
What is saltwater?
This animal kingdom is known for flying high! They are warm blooded vertebrates, who have characteristics such as wings and feathers.
Birds
What is the text feature found at the back of the book called? What does it do?
Hint: Think of vocabulary words/bold text!
Glossary - Defines unknown words
Write a sentence using the word constant.
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Piranhas are effective hunters because they use their sharp teeth, strong jaws, and teamwork to catch food quickly.
What does effectively mean?
Effective means skilled.
Keep their body temperature constant
This group of animal is known for being cold blooded vertebrates who use gills to breath and fins to travel through water.
Fish
Some stories say piranhas can eat a whole animal in seconds, but that is exaggerated, meaning it makes something seem bigger, scarier, or more extreme than it really is.
What does the word exaggerated mean?
Exaggerated means making something seem bigger, scarier, or more extreme than it really is.
What does the word stately mean in this sentence?
The children played under the stately cedar tree.
grand and impressive in size and manner
Give an example of a word with the prefix re
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Body temperature changes based on their environment
What is cold-blooded?