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Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet by David McLimans. New York: Walker Publishing Co, 2006.

ISBN: 978-0-8027-9563-2

Annotation: An ABC book with each bold letter of the alphabet shaped into each endangered animal’s characteristics. Text facts and scientific name for each animal.

Media: pencil, pen, brush, India ink, Bristol board and computer

Curriculuar Connections: Endangered Species, Earth Day, Conservation 

Rating: 5Q/5P

Lesson Plan:  Endangered Species ABC Slideshow

Audience: 5+ (can be modified for any grade level)

Goals and Objectives:

California Curriculum Standards

ELA.5.2.2. Deliver informative presentations about an important idea, issue, or event by the following means:

a. Frame questions to direct the investigation.

b. Establish a controlling idea or topic.

c. Develop the topic with simple facts, details, examples, and explanations.

ELA.5.1.4. Create simple documents by using electronic media and employing organizational features (e.g., passwords, entry and pull-down menus, word searches, the thesaurus, spell checks) 

SCI.7.7.b. Use a variety of print and electronic resources (including the World Wide Web) to collect information and evidence as part of a research project.

ALA Information Literacy Standards

Standard 9. the student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is information literate and participates in groups to pursue and generate information.

9.1. Collaborates in formal and informal study and research groups.

9.2. Respects the views of others in study and research groups.

Lesson Preparation:

Drawing paper for animal letter

Research page for notes, citations/storyboard script for slides

Activities:

Session1

Read aloud Gone Wild or even better, project Gone Wild with video projector noting the major elements of each page: Letter art of each animal, scientific name, drawing of each animal, habitat, range, threats, status. Go over definitions of critically endangered, endangered, and vulnerable. Demonstrate how to create citations with Noodlebib. 

Homework Assignment: Find endangered animal sites helpful for this project. Check out the webpage published with websites. Submit new websites to the comment box posted on the webpage. Select 3 animals that you would like to learn more about.

Session 2

Choose an endangered animal to research. Post on the chart and see if there are any duplications. If so, talk with the person who also chose the same animal and see if you or the other person is willing to choose another. Review the major elements you should cover in your research. 

Review how to make a Photostory slideshow. For this project everyone will be making two slides. One will be the letter art of the animal and one will be an actual photograph of the animal.

Begin drawing a black and white letter for the chosen animal. Take it home to complete for next session.

Session 3

Labwork: Research online and use books in the library after using the online catalog to locate them. Detail facts for the slides using the elements from the book as a guide. Complete at home to be ready to record next session. Also record citations for research. Scan letterart to prepare the first slide and enter into the PhotoStory slideshow. Locate an animal photo using Google Images and save to the endangered animal photo folder on the shared drive.

Session 4

Labwork: Add animal picture to the slideshow. Record fact details onto the PhotoStory slides per animal storyboard.

Session 5

Review slideshow and make finalizing edits to complete the ABC Slideshow. Publish to website.

RAC 7.27.09