bicultural literacy student wetland and savanna books
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Bicultural Bicultural literacy literacy
Student wetland and Student wetland and Savanna Books Savanna Books
Wetland ClassWetland Class
Learning about wetlandsLearning about wetlands
Wetland Watch ProgramWetland Watch Program
Field trip
Identified aquatic invertebrates
Made stuffed animals
When the program When the program finishedfinished
Ms. Lisa asked us if we wanted to Ms. Lisa asked us if we wanted to continue to learn about wetlandscontinue to learn about wetlands
We said yes and decided to make We said yes and decided to make wetland bookswetland books
Researching plants and Researching plants and animals for our booksanimals for our books
First, we looked at Earth-Cards First, we looked at Earth-Cards
Researching plants and Researching plants and animals for our booksanimals for our books
Second, we Second, we researched websites researched websites on-lineon-line
Researching plantsResearching plants
Common & scientific namesCommon & scientific names Physical characteristicsPhysical characteristics Native or non-nativeNative or non-native AdaptationsAdaptations Population and statusPopulation and status HabitatHabitat Animal or human use Animal or human use
Researching animalsResearching animals
Common & scientific namesCommon & scientific names Physical characteristicsPhysical characteristics Camouflage & adaptationsCamouflage & adaptations Range, population, and statusRange, population, and status Reproduction Reproduction Prey and predatorsPrey and predators Animal behavior Animal behavior
ReferencesReferences
We kept track of We kept track of all websites all websites
Designing our booksDesigning our books
Template booksTemplate books Our own writing and illustrationsOur own writing and illustrations
IllustrationsIllustrations
PaintedPainted
Illustrations Illustrations
DrawingDrawing
Asked readerAsked reader
CommentsComments Answer 3 ?’sAnswer 3 ?’s
Sharing our KnowledgeSharing our Knowledge
Class in KenyaClass in Kenya
Sharing our KnowledgeSharing our Knowledge
Kenya class Kenya class interested in interested in California California WetlandsWetlands
Students read our booksStudents read our books
Each student Each student chose which book chose which book they wanted to they wanted to read based on read based on their interesttheir interest
Pen palsPen pals
Kenya students Kenya students wrote letters to uswrote letters to us
CommentsComments Answered 3 ?’sAnswered 3 ?’s We wrote them We wrote them
back, thus back, thus becoming pen becoming pen palspals
Savanna booksSavanna books
They constructed books for us They constructed books for us just as we made wetland just as we made wetland books for them. books for them.
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