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Nov/Dec 2021
Academic Standards
Reading Objective:
Children will identify ways that foxes use their senses to explore the world, and in doing so, they will understand their own five senses.
Next Generation Science Standards:
K-LS1 Animals’ Survival Need 1-LS1 How Animals Use External Parts to Survive
Vocabulary:
senses, scent, whiskers
Use these questions to check students’ understanding and stimulate discussion:
1. What part of its body does a fox use to taste berries? (its mouth)
2. What can a fox sometimes smell when it sniffs a tree? (another fox that peed on the tree)
3. Can foxes see well? (Foxes see very well. They can see things far away.)
4. Which senses might tell a fox that a mouse was near? (hearing, smell, sight, touch)
Go online to print or project the Reading Checkpoint.
Materials: clipboards, pencils, copies of the skill sheet
Overview: Children will explore the sense of sound by taking a listening walk.
Directions: