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Epic!

Epic! has a lot of informational books and videos on Bats and Habitats for our students to enjoy!

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Padlet

I have really come to enjoy Padlet, and I think this is a great way for the students to make their scientific notebooks on bats! They are able to use Padlet on their Kindles, and it will help some of my more unorganized students stay organized with their notes.

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Kindles and NearPod

We received our Kindles this week! We also have a membership to the website nearpod.com, and the students are engaged in an interactive lesson using their Kindles. Throughout the lesson, there are questions for the students to answer, pictures to draw, and quizzes to take. Each student is engaged and accountable during the lesson!

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Virtual Reality

We have 5 VR Headsets and devices in our room, and when we teach small group instruction, we have the students watch a VR 360 video on a science topic. There are several videos on bats and their caves, that I plan on using for my unit.

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Habitat: New and Selected Poems, 1965–2005 by Brendan Galvin

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Habitat: New and Selected Poems, 1965–2005 by Brendan Galvin

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A master craftsman who seamlessly combines vision and contemplation, Brendan Galvin is considered among the most powerful naturalist poets today. Habitat, Galvin's fourteenth poetry book, combines eighteen new works with lyric pieces from the past forty years -- including two book-length narratives, Wampanoag Traveler and Saints in Their Ox-Hide Boat. In a voice of quiet authority leavened with humor, Galvin intimately conveys his landscapes, birds and animals, people, and weather. By elevating the commonplace to the crucial, he takes his readers very far from the familiar.Habitat offers an opportunity to trace a remarkable poetic career. In their richly various shapes, colors, textures, and strategies, Galvin's poems bear witness to matters both joyful and intractable.Full of noose-around-the-neck wisecracks,
you'd have been an unwilling toiler,
envying the horse its stamina,
the hare its jagged speed over broken
fields, and bog cotton its deference to wind
on peatlands against blue mountains,
where it crowds white-headed
as ancient peasants herded off the best
grazing, enduring as if they'd do better
as plants hoarding minerals through winter,
hairy prodigals spinning existence from clouds,
from mistfall two days out of three, the odd
shoal of sun drifting across.
-- from "A Neolithic Meditation"

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Animal Habitats (My Science Library, Levels 1-2) by Julie K. Lundgren

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Animal Habitats (My Science Library, Levels 1-2) by Julie K. Lundgren

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Introduces characteristics of animal habitats including deserts, oceans, and tropical rainforests.

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Completing a science notebook about habitats will help the students with organization for their final project.

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Habitats Flip Books This Habitats activity includes 6 mini flip books plus craft topper for decorations. This is perfect for quick introduction, quick review, or just hands-on learning about what habitats are, what they offer animals and plants, and six mini flip books for

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The look on our faces is easy to read:
a little night music is just what we need!

A late-spring night sky fills with bats flocking to a theater, already echoing and booming with delightful sounds of music. Bat music—plunky banjoes, bat-a-tat drums, improvised instruments, country ballads, and the sweet cries of a bat with the blues.

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National Geographic Readers: Bats by Elizabeth Carney

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National Geographic Readers: Bats by Elizabeth Carney

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In this beautifully photographed Level 2 Reader, kids learn about one of the most interesting creatures around—and discover the bat’s unique place in the wild and in the world. The high-interest topic, expertly written text, and bonus learning activity lay the groundwork for a successful and rewarding reading experience.

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Hurry up! Come one'come all! We're off to watch the bats play ball! You'll never forget your first game: the green so green, the presence of heroes past, and togetherness with family and friends, rooting for the home team. But you think humans are the only ones who enjoy America's national pastime? Grab your bat'the other kind'and your mitt, and join these captivating bats as they flutter off to watch their all-stars compete. How about a mothdog? Or some Cricket Jack? In sweeping compositions that transport fans to the rightside-up and upside-down world of bats at play.

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Hurry up! Come one'come all! We're off to watch the bats play ball! You'll never forget your first game: the green so green, the presence of heroes past, and togetherness with family and friends, rooting for the home team. But you think humans are the only ones who enjoy America's national pa...

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Quick, call out! Tell all you can reach: the night is just perfect for bats at the beach!

So pack your buckets, banjos, and blankets—don’t forget the moon-tan lotion—and wing with this bunch of fuzzy bats to where foamy sea and soft sand meet.

Brian Lies’s enchanting art and cheery beachside verse will inspire bedtime imaginations again and again. Come visit a bedazzling world of moonlight, firelight, and . . . bats!

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children's / teenage fiction: animal stories

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juvenile fiction / poetry (see also stories in verse)

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Quick, call out! Tell all you can reach: the night is just perfect for bats at the beach! So pack your buckets, banjos, and blankets-don't forget the moon-tan lotion-and wing with this bunch of fuzzy bats to where foamy sea and soft sand meet. Brian Lies's enchanting art ...

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The Secret Lives of Bats by Merlin Tuttle

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The Secret Lives of Bats by Merlin Tuttle

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A lifetime of adventures with bats around the world reveals why these special and imperiled creatures should be protected rather than feared.

I would read this to the students, not expect them to read it on their own.

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Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) by Ann Earle

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Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) by Ann Earle

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Bats fly into the spotlight in this exploration of such basics as where the live, how mothers raise their pups, and how they hunt for food. Included as well is a simple plan for a building a backyard bat house.

1995 "Pick of the Lists" (ABA)
Best Children's Science Books 1995 (Science Books and Films)