What are Mammals?
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What's Inside
As children read this science book together, they talk about what makes an animal a mammal and notice the mammal qualities named in the text. It works well in circle time when you want a short shared science lesson or in a small group while children practice naming what they hear.
Let's discover the mammals! Science is the magic in the universe just waiting to be discovered.
This book fits first through third grade science time and supports vocabulary, listening, and simple compare-and-tell talk about animals.
Teaching & Discussion Guide
Use this guide to turn What are Mammals? into a mini reading lesson at home or in the classroom.
Concepts & skills practiced
- Mammal vocabulary
- Science topic knowledge
- Identifying animal qualities
- Listening for key facts
- Speaking in complete sentences
Discussion Questions
- 1 Before we read, what do you already think makes an animal a mammal?
- 2 As we read, which mammal qualities do you hear named in the book?
- 3 What clues help us tell mammals apart from other kinds of animals?
- 4 Can you name a mammal you know from home, school, or nature, and tell how it fits the book's idea of mammal qualities?
- 5 Which facts about mammals do you want to remember for our science talk after reading?
- 6 After the book, how would you explain mammals to a friend in one sentence?
Words to Learn
- mammal
- A mammal is an animal with special mammal qualities.
- science
- Science is the study of the world around us.
- qualities
- Qualities are the features or traits that tell us what something is like.
- discover
- To discover means to find out something new.
- animal
- An animal is a living thing that is not a plant.
- feature
- A feature is one part or detail that helps describe something.
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