Gray Squirrels

by G.G. Lake

Gray squirrels leap from high heights to move from tree to tree. Discover these delightful rodents' life cycle and lifestyle in the woods.

Genres: Nonfiction

24 pages, Library Binding

Published August 1, 2016

Reviews

[Lorellie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Solidly informative. Good photos. Tot was quite interested.

[Michelle Marino · Rating 3 out of 5]

I paired this non-fiction title to "The Secret Life of Squirrels" by Nancy Ross. The extension I would use for this lesson is Webbing. I would first introduce the fiction story, "The Secret Life of Squirrels." I would ask my students what they knew (characteristics wise) about squirrels. They would give me different facts about squirrels and I would write these on the board. I would then write Squirrels in the middle and link the characteristics to the word squirrel. Then as a class, we would read "The Secret Life of Squirrels." After the story was over, my students would be able to give me more characteristics of squirrels such as they do not play piano, nor do they cook hot dogs like on pages three and four. I would then introduce the book, "Gray Squirrels" by G. G. Lake. This story would give my students many characteristics about squirrels that they may or may not have known. These facts include that they are tree jumpers, they live in Europe and North America, and mother squirrels have 2-8 babies per year. After we were done reading both stories, we would have many facts and characteristics on the board about squirrels. From here, we could either keep it this way or make the web look nicer. To do this, we would come up with headings such as "Looks" "Habitat" and "Squirrel Families." From there we could branch out from the headings into more specific facts.