Organisms
	Integration Ideas and Activities
	Lesson 15 How Are Our Plants and Animals Alike and Different?

Lesson	Activities to Consider	Tools
15	Language Arts
	Generate a t-chart of living and nonliving things found in the terrarium and aquarium
	Write a language experience story with class about the plants and animals they cared for during the unit; refer to questions in manual to facilitate their writing -- these questions may help you guide students in creating the Organisms Picture Dictionary
	Visit library and challenge students to find the differences between alligators and crocodiles; write about and illustrate their findings
	Visit a zoo; students adopt one animal on which to focus Draw and share about the animals home; explain how the zoo meets the animal's needs Invite a zookeeper into your classroom and talk about how the zoo meets the needs of its animals and plants; write a thank-you note to zookeeper or to the zoo. Video tape the days events and each child in front of their adopted pet telling about their animal Take digital pictures of each child in front of their adopted animal and write captions
	Plan a trip to a local wildlife sanctuary; study mammals, birds, reptiles and fish that are native to the area. (In Decatur, visit the Wheeler Wildlife Refuge.)
	Great books to read: In The Deep, Dark Forest by Steck Vaughn Where Once There Was A Forest by Denise Fleming Nature's Footprints In The Forest by Q.L. Pearce & W.J. Pearce Deep In The Forest by Brinton Turkle How To Be A Nature Detective by Millicent E. Selsam