Do Chicks Ask for Snacks?

Noticing Animal Behaviors

From the Series Cloverleaf Books ™ — Nature's Patterns

  • Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2
  • Reading Level: Grade 1

How does a robin know when to feed her chicks? Who teaches young otters how to swim? Join Ms. McLean’s class on a field trip to the zoo to find out! They’re keeping track of patterns in animal behavior by observing different species and recording what they see. Learn to watch for the behavior patterns of wildlife in your backyard and record them on your own observation chart!

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Interest Level Kindergarten - Grade 2
Reading Level Grade 1
Genre Science
Copyright 2016
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Brand Cloverleaf Books ™
Imprint Millbrook Press ™
Language English
Number of Pages 24
Publication Date 2015-08-01
Text Type Informational Fiction
BISACS JNF003000, JNF003330, JNF051150
Dewey 591.5
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Dimensions 9.75 x 9.75
Lexile 530
Guided Reading Level L
ATOS Reading Level 2.6
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 178353
Accelerated Reader® Points 0.5
Features Activities, Bibliography/further reading, Fast facts, Glossary, Index, Original artwork, Table of contents, Teaching Guides, and eSource

Author: Martha E. H. Rustad

Martha E. H. Rustad is the author of more than two hundred nonfiction children's books, on topics ranging from snowflakes to termites to the Statue of Liberty. She lives with her family in Brainerd, Minnesota.

Illustrator: Mike Moran

Mike Moran has created comical illustrations for Major League Baseball, the Grammys, Scholastic, Disney, and American Greetings. He lives in New Jersey.

Lerner eSource™ offers free digital teaching and learning resources, including Common Core State Standards (CCSS) teaching guides. These guides, created by classroom teachers, offer short lessons and writing exercises that give students specific instruction and practice using Common Core skills and strategies. Lerner eSource also provides additional resources including online activities, downloadable/printable graphic organizers, and additional educational materials that would also support Common Core instruction. Download, share, pin, print, and save as many of these free resources as you like!

Cloverleaf Books ™ — Nature's Patterns

Nature is filled with patterns, if you know where to look. In this series, curious young students explore the world around them, studying the movements of the moon and stars, animal behavior, solid and liquid water, and more. They make observations and carefully record the patterns they find. View available downloads →