GRADE 6D Lesson 2

GRADE 6D Lesson 2

Learning objectives

• By the end of the lesson, learners will be able to: • Read a ‘zoo information notice’ about chameleons and put the information in the correct order using another text as a model.

• Write a short ‘zoo information notice’ on either a researched or created animal using an information notice template with predetermined categories

• Complete a ‘zoo information notice’ about flamingos by putting extracted sentences back into the text.

Keywords/expressions

Key vocabulary: height, weight, diet, flamingo, spider, caribou, length, chameleon

Key expressions/structure: using between to give a range of numbers when the exact number is not known

Multiple Choice

Where does it live?

• Arabian Peninsula

• They eat small Insects

• Many people think that chameleons change color to hide from other animals that want to eat them. However, scientists believe that chameleons change their colors because of changes in light.

• 3-5 years

• Males grow to a length of between 41 and 61 centimeters. Females grow to a length of 35 centimeters.

Multiple Choice

How long does it live?

• Arabian Peninsula

• They eat small Insects

• Many people think that chameleons change color to hide from other animals that want to eat them. However, scientists believe that chameleons change their colors because of changes in light.

• 3-5 years

• Males grow to a length of between 41 and 61 centimeters. Females grow to a length of 35 centimeters.

Multiple Choice

What is its size?

• Arabian Peninsula

• They eat small Insects

• Many people think that chameleons change color to hide from other animals that want to eat them. However, scientists believe that chameleons change their colors because of changes in light.

• 3-5 years

• Males grow to a length of between 41 and 61 centimeters. Females grow to a length of 35 centimeters.

Multiple Choice

What is its diet?

• Arabian Peninsula

• They eat small Insects

• Many people think that chameleons change color to hide from other animals that want to eat them. However, scientists believe that chameleons change their colors because of changes in light.

• 3-5 years

• Males grow to a length of between 41 and 61 centimeters. Females grow to a length of 35 centimeters.

Multiple Choice

Why does it change color?

• Arabian Peninsula

• They eat small Insects

• Many people think that chameleons change color to hide from other animals that want to eat them. However, scientists believe that chameleons change their colors because of changes in light.

• 3-5 years

• Males grow to a length of between 41 and 61 centimeters. Females grow to a length of 35 centimeters.

Multiple Choice

Where does it live?

• Flamingos change color because of the food they eat. Food like shrimp are pink. This color in shrimp turns flamingos pink. The more shrimp they eat, the pinker they are.

• Flamingos can grow to a height of between 110 and 150 centimeters. They can grow to a weight of 2 to 4 kilograms.

• In nature, they live around 40 years. In zoos, flamingos can live to 60 years old

• Africa, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

• They eat small animals that live in salt water, like shrimp

Multiple Choice

How long does it live?

• Flamingos change color because of the food they eat. Food like shrimp are pink. This color in shrimp turns flamingos pink. The more shrimp they eat, the pinker they are.

• Flamingos can grow to a height of between 110 and 150 centimeters. They can grow to a weight of 2 to 4 kilograms.

• In nature, they live around 40 years. In zoos, flamingos can live to 60 years old

• Africa, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

• They eat small animals that live in salt water, like shrimp

Multiple Choice

What is its size?

• Flamingos change color because of the food they eat. Food like shrimp are pink. This color in shrimp turns flamingos pink. The more shrimp they eat, the pinker they are.

• Flamingos can grow to a height of between 110 and 150 centimeters. They can grow to a weight of 2 to 4 kilograms.

• In nature, they live around 40 years. In zoos, flamingos can live to 60 years old

• Africa, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

• They eat small animals that live in salt water, like shrimp

Multiple Choice

What is its diet?

• Flamingos change color because of the food they eat. Food like shrimp are pink. This color in shrimp turns flamingos pink. The more shrimp they eat, the pinker they are.

• Flamingos can grow to a height of between 110 and 150 centimeters. They can grow to a weight of 2 to 4 kilograms.

• In nature, they live around 40 years. In zoos, flamingos can live to 60 years old

• Africa, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

• They eat small animals that live in salt water, like shrimp

Multiple Choice

Why does it change color?

• Flamingos change color because of the food they eat. Food like shrimp are pink. This color in shrimp turns flamingos pink. The more shrimp they eat, the pinker they are.

• Flamingos can grow to a height of between 110 and 150 centimeters. They can grow to a weight of 2 to 4 kilograms.

• In nature, they live around 40 years. In zoos, flamingos can live to 60 years old

• Africa, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

• They eat small animals that live in salt water, like shrimp

Multiple Choice

Male Caribou can grow to a height of ...........

• 10 meters

• 1.7 meters

• 1.4 meters

• 60 meters

Multiple Choice

Goldenrod Crab Spiders eat ......

• small insects

• mushrooms

• grasses

• snow

Multiple Choice

Goldenrod Crab Spiders take between ......... and ......... days to change colors from white to yellow.

• 1,2

• 5, 10

• 6, 10

• 10, 25

Multiple Choice

Flamingos eat ......... which turns them pink.

• insects

• shrimp

• grass

• mushrooms

Multiple Choice

Flamingos grow to a height of between ....... and ......... centimeters.

• 110, 150

• 7, 8

• 2, 5

• 40, 60

Multiple Choice

Caribou have ........ colored hair in the summer.

• white

• red

• brown

• yellow

Multiple Choice

Chameleons change their colors because of changes in.......

• kilograms

• insects

• light

• length

Multiple Choice

Chameleons live in......

• The Arabian Peninsula

• Northern Canada

• Southeast Asia

• Georgia

Multiple Choice

This animal likes to live near areas with salt water, like oceans and seas. It grows to a height of 110 to 150 centimeters. It changes color from white to pink if it eats a lot of shrimp. This animal lives in Africa, Southern Asia and the Middle East.

Multiple Choice

This animal lives in cold weather. Its hair can change to keep it warm. It eats grasses and mushrooms. The hair changes from dark brown in the summer to white in the winter. This animal lives in northern Canada.

Multiple Choice

This animal lives on different flowers. It can change from white to yellow. It catches small insects that land on flowers. It takes between 10 and 25 days to turn from white to yellow, and 6 days to turn from yellow back to white. It lives in Georgia.

Multiple Choice

This animal lives in warm weather. It can change into different colors. Light makes this animal change color. It eats small insects. It lives on the Arabian Peninsula.