This pack includes six copies of the student book (9781760861285 - as described below) and a lesson plan (9781760861827).Title Information: Animal Shelters: Animal Shelters explores the types of shelters that animals use to help them survive. It looks at reasons why animals need shelters, the tools they use to build their shelters and the different types of shelters they use.Content vocabulary: absorbent, bind, biologist, chamber, code, colony, compost, dormant, excavate, hatchlings, incubate, lagoon, larvae, lightweight, lodge, marsupial, network, offspring, pollen, predators, snowdrift, spiderlings, weaveKey concepts:Different animals found in different habitats have particular adaptations that help them to live in those habitats Different animals found in different habitats are suited to their environmentsReading Strategies: Comparing and contrasting informationRelated resource: Lesson Plan - Animal SheltersSeries Information:
WorldWise is a high-interest literacy program that encourages inquiry and questioning while extending knowledge in science and a range of STEM topics linked to the curriculum. This engaging program teaches reading strategies simultaneously with natural, earth and physical science concepts - reflecting the diversity of the world students live in.Students will develop strategies and skills to read informative texts across a range of text types while they learn to become informative text writers. With an assortment of text types on offer, themes and concepts are introduced and revisited across the reading stages, building on initial concepts with increasing complexity.WorldWise Lesson Plans support each Student Book, offering practical, systematic and easy-to-implement instructions. These visually appealing resources integrate oral language, vocabulary development, fluency and comprehension, writing and phonics.WorldWise Investigations is a web-based tool that provides extension activities for titles in the program. It encourages exploration of content linked to curriculum outcomes in a deeper more hands-on way. Students are supported with a framework that encourages investigation and inquiry.This series is supported by an array of teacher resources which can be obtained by visiting www.worldwise.com.au
