- Rabbits
- Peter and Those Living in the Wild
Word Wall Words
buck
burrow camouflage
colony doe droppings
graze
kitten litter
predator preening
prey warren
Favorite Rabbit Books
 Animal Lives: The Rabbit- Written by Sally Tagholm
Illustrated by Bert Kitchen
Publisher: Kingfisher Publications, New York, 2000
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- Rabbits
- Written by Graham Meadows
Photographed by Graham Meadows
- Illustrated by Kelvin Hawley
Publisher: Rigby (a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.), Chrystal Lake, Illinois, 1990
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- The Tale of Peter Rabbit
- Written by Beatrix Potter
Illustrated by Cindy Szekeres
Publisher: Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1993
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- The Tale of Peter Rabbit
- Written by Beatrix Potter
Illustrated by Florence Graham
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap, Inc., New York, 1990
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- Nature's Children: Rabbits
- Written by Merebeth Switzer
Publisher: Grolier Educational Corporation, Sherman Turnpike, Danbury, Connecticut, 1986
Favorite Web Sites
- Bunny Readers
- Join the fun as pages are added to Mrs. Silverman's newest web site. Read the
creative selections written by first and second graders from around the world.
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- Our Letters to Peter Rabbit
- Look for the letters of advice we wrote
to Peter Rabbit.
- Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
- Part 1
- This web page gives information about the Eastern cottontail rabbit including its
description, foods, range, and life cycle. Discover how old these animals
are before they leave the nest to take care of themselves.
- Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
- Part 2
- Discover the percentage of Eastern cottontail rabbits that usually die within the
first two weeks of their lives. If you like big numbers, try reading the number of
babies a doe can have in just five years! Learn why this does or does not create a
problem for the environment.
- Information
on Rabbits
- Read this web page to compare the foods eaten by wild and tame rabbits. Can
you answer this question ... Who has the wild rabbit as its worst enemy? Read this
page to find out the answer.
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- ZoomSchool:
Rabbits
- Print a picture of a rabbit and learn interesting facts about this fast-moving,
long-eared mammal. Discover which continents are home for these small, wild
creatures.
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- Welcome to the
World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
- Meet some of Beatrix Potter's characters at this web site. Discover who is
her most famous character.
- Quia! Game: The Wild
Rabbit
- Play the matching game and flashcard activities to learn rabbit vocabulary words
and definitions.
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- Quia! Game: The Wild Rabbit Quiz
- Test your knowledge of wild rabbits with this quiz written by second grade
students.
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Quia! Quiz: How Well Do You Know Peter
Rabbit?
- After reading Beatrix Potter's book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, try this
quiz written by some of our second graders.
Our Writing Selections
- As we started our Peter Rabbit unit, we did a lot of reading
and notetaking to understand what rabbits in the wild are really like. We added
lists of nouns, adjectives, and -ing words that describe wild rabbits. Our next
step was to write research paragraphs and several different kinds of poems. Look for
the true facts about rabbits that we have included in our work.
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- Wild Rabbits
- Brooke
One of the
places where wild rabbits live is the grasslands. They can run up to 25 mph.
Their teeth are always growing. Baby rabbits are born deaf, blind, and
hairless. If many cottontails do not die, there could be a population explosion of
them. They eat dandelions, clovers, roots, and more. Rabbits live on all the
continents, but not Antarctica. I think rabbits are very neat mammals!
- Wild Rabbits
- Sonoka
There are two different kinds of
rabbits - wild rabbits and tame rabbits. Rabbits have a very short tail and
big ears. Did you know that a rabbit's front teeth never stop growing? Rabbits
live in colonies, warrens, and burrows. Rabbits are one of my favorite animals.
- Wild Rabbits
- Britanny
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- Wild rabbits live
on every continent except Antarctica. Rabbits eat clovers, young trees, and crops.
Their predators are eagles, crows, and buzzards. When they want attention,
they nudge you with their muzzles. They communicate with scents, body movements, and
sounds. A mother doe can produce 350,000 babies in five years! Rabbits have
eyes on the sides of their heads. Rabbits are my favorite animals.
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Rabbit Acrostics
| R unning really fast |
R abbits eat at
dusk |
| A lways on the lookout |
A furry mammal |
| B eating their feet on the ground |
B abies drink milk once a night |
| B reathing very hard |
B abies are called kittens |
| I tching behind their ears |
I t lives in colonies |
| T witching their noses |
T hey run fast |
| S ense of smell |
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| by Janessa |
by Jon |
| R unning fast is very easy for a rabbit |
R abbits eat plants |
| A lways likes to eat |
A re mammals |
| B umps you for attention |
B ites bark |
| B abies are called kittens |
B orn hairless, blind, and deaf |
| I t has very soft fur |
I nto its burrow it goes |
| T witches his nose to smell |
T hey live on six continents |
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S tay in burrows to have babies |
| by Marcus |
by Ryan |
| R abbits are fast runners |
R abbits eat plants |
| A lways eat at dusk |
A re mammals |
| B unny is their nickname |
B uild colonies |
| B abies are called kittens |
B eautiful animal |
| I n fifty acres you will find them |
I magine being a rabbit |
| T hey live in burrows |
T hey are good jumpers |
| S tay in burrows during daytime |
S ome are brown |
| by Jordan |
by Deidre |
| R abbits don't live on
Antarctica |
| A colony has 50 acres of land |
| B abies drink milk from their
mother |
| B aby rabbits are called kittens |
| I t's a nocturnal animal |
| T witches its nose to smell |
| S tays in burrows till sunset |
| by Nathan |
Rabbit Who, What, When, Where, Why Poems
| Wild rabbit |
Wild rabbit |
| Getting food |
Hopping in the mountains |
| In the forest |
In Asia |
| Monday |
At 6:00 a.m. |
| He'll die without it |
Because he's playing leap frog |
| by Michael |
by Brian |
Rabbit Cinquains
| Mammal |
Mammal |
| fluffy, hairy |
wild, cautious |
| running, jumping, hearing |
camouflaging, scaring, thumping |
| teeth never stop growing |
smelling its predator |
| Bunny |
Cottontail |
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| by Brandon |
by Tony |
| Cottontail |
Bunny |
| fluffy, white |
fluffy, soft |
| hopping, sleeping, leaping |
twitching, smelling, sniffing |
| twitch their noses |
have a cottonball tail |
| Bunny |
Mammals |
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| by Kassie |
by Steven |
| Mammal |
Bunny |
| wild, fuzzy |
white, brown |
| hearing, smelling, hiding |
running, eating, smelling |
| they like to run |
are a very cute mammal |
| Bunny |
Rabbit |
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| by Carly |
by Jerrad |
| Cottontail |
Bunny |
| furry, black |
timid, white |
| hopping, jumping, smelling |
sneaking, thumping, communicating |
| have pink noses |
eats at dusk |
| Mammal |
Rabbit |
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| by Alisha |
by Kaitlin |
- Thanks for visiting our web page!
We hope you enjoyed reading about rabbits.
Mrs. Christiansen’s Second Grade Class
March, 2000
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