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Owl's On the Prowl "Hoo, hoo-hoo-hoo, hoo!"
Word Wall Words | Ideas for Teachers | Web Sites for Students predator, prey, pellet, raptor, talons, nocturnal, rodents facial discs, owlet, camouflage, habitat, regurgitate, food chain Return to the top of the page.
This web site is a must to use with your students. Take the time to thoroughly explore all the hotlinks before you prepare your lesson plan. This is a wonderful interactive science site! This web site provides general information about owls as well as some specific species. The site will provide a brief overview of owls that you may find useful.
As students enjoy reading the chapter book Owl At Home in class, they will also enjoy digging into some real facts about owls. The following books have been successfully used in a second grade classroom. Some titles were used as literature selections shared by the teacher.
As students are reading and researching about owls, create a word web of their physical characteristics. Students may refer to the web as they write both fiction and nonfiction stories about owls. They will also enjoy writing a poem entitled "The Most Important Thing About Owls." Four examples can be found on our class page of the Owl Prowl project listed in the student section. Place three sheets of different colored kraft paper on the board. Entitle the sheets: nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Encourage students to brainstorm owl words throughout the unit to add to each list. Students may refer to the lists as they compose Owl Cinquains. A noun is selected for the first line of the cinquain. The second line contains two adjectives and three verbs compose the third line. The fourth line usually consists of four words telling something special about owls. The fifth, and final, line is either the word owl or the name of a special species the poem is about. Four examples can be found on our class page of the Owl Prowl project listed in the student section. Return to the top of the page.
This is a website created by second grade teacher, Susan Silverman, in the spring of 1999. Look for the "mystery rock" that was dissected in our classroom. Enjoy the many reports, poems, and plays written by our West Ridge students. Read what other second graders living in the United States and Canada also wrote about owls. This coloring page contains a diagram making it easy to quickly identify the owl's beak, talons, and large eyes. Basic facts included on the page gives some quick information about the number of owl species there are in the world today and the owl's diet. What shape is an owl's beak? Why is its beak important to an owl? What are some things that owls eat? Why do you think that not all owls eat the same things? How many eggs do owls usually lay each season? How many days does it usually take for an egg to hatch? Why are the baby owlets in the same nest all different sizes? Look at the pictures taken of several different of baby chicks. The Great Horned Owl and Screech Owl chicks are shown on this page. Why do owls sometimes attack people? What does the snowy owl do to make it look more dangerous to its enemies? Where are the owl's ears located on its head? An owl's ears are not straight across from each other like our ears. How does this help the owl hear? What are the two different ways that owls hunt for their food? How does an owl use its talons when hunting prey? How many toes does it have on each foot? What's very special about one of its toes? Compare an owl's eyes to yours. Can an owl move it's eye around the way you can? How far around can an owl move its head? We know that owls are birds of prey. What are the five things that make them super hunters?
This is one of the owls located in our area. How does its size compare to other owls? Where do they like to live? What does this owl like to eat? Be sure to listen to the sound of this owl. What does this owl like to eat? If you were a screech owl, would you like to live near a great horned owl? Why, or why not? What is an owl pellet? Be sure to listen to the sound of this owl. What are the things that threaten an owl's survival today? Which owl is listed as endangered? What has caused that owl to decrease in numbers? Return to the top of the page.
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