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What
Do They Eat? (Grades
K2)
InfoActive
series
by
David Drew illustrated
by
Marilyn Pride
A
simple introduction to food webs, using arrows to connect predator to
prey.
Grade
level K2
Visual
literacy
Web
diagram : to show relationships between animals and plants
Arrows:
to make connections
Color
coding: to identify the two groups plant-eaters and meat-eaters
Subject
areas
English/Language
Arts
- Directionality
of print
- Capital
letters
- Question
mark, period
Science/Technology
- Food
webs
- Meat-eaters
(carnivores) and plant-eaters (herbivores)
- Camouflage
Mathematics
Social
Studies/Geography
- Food
and protection
- Interdependence
in nature
Learning
strategies
Problem
solving
Prediction
and confirmation
A
sample from the book

In
a food web the arrows show food traveling through the environment.
The red arrows show meat
eating, and the green arrows
represent plant eating.
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Ideas
to get you started
- Before
you read the book, hand out a sheet with the names of the animals
and plants scattered on it in no particular order, as in the sample
page.
- Show
the children how to connect an animal to its food using an arrow.
Remember that the arrow points from the food to
the animal: grass >
grasshopper
- Working
in pairs, children join one or two items in this way.
- Share
the book, pointing out how the arrows work to give us information.
For example, ask (on page 8) "What things do spiders eat?"
(grasshoppers, caterpillars).
- After
the book is finished, ask children to complete as many different connections
as they can. This activity uses a web as a comprehension strategy.
For more information on this strategy, click here.
Contents
of What Do They Eat?
- Grasshoppers
- Caterpillars
- Mice
- Spiders
- Lizards
- Snakes
- Cats
- Eagles
To
ask a consultant
to show you this book
in
USA click
here (Pearson Learning)
in
Canada click
here (Scholastic Canada)
in
Australia click
here (Pearson Education Australia)
To
purchase this book
in
USA click
here
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