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Children will explore vocabulary related to bats and their behavior
Vocabulary: appetite, colony, nocturnal, pup, snooze, swoop
Science Focus: animal behavior and adaptations
Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.
Paired Text: Baby Bat’s Lullaby by Jacquelyn Mitchard
Paired Text: Baby Bat’s Lullaby by Jacquelyn Mitchard
- Gorgeous pictures and poetic wordplay bring this simple but descriptive story to life.
Scavenger Hunt: bat
Scavenger Hunt: bat
- Find and circle the word bat (or bats) each time it appears in the mini book.
Knowledge-Building Dice Game: Bats
Knowledge-Building Dice Game: Bats
- Play this game in small groups. Print out the skill sheet and give children a number cube. Let children take turns rolling the cube and following the directions.
- This is a great interactive way to build knowledge!
Hands-on Activity: Bat Cave Phonics
Hands-on Activity: Bat Cave Phonics
Skill: word families
Materials: Bat Cave Phonics skill sheet, scissors
- Take advantage of the bat theme to explore the –at word family! Cut out the bats on the skill sheets. Then draw a large cave shape and mount it on a bulletin board.
- Place the bats in a paper bag and tell children that only bats with words in the –at family are allowed in the bat cave!
- Let children take turns picking a bat from the bag and attaching it inside or outside the cave according to the ending sound.