Animals in Captivity: The Good and the Bad

Oxford

Animals in Captivity: The Good and the Bad

Oxford

ISBN:

9781761073298

Binding:

Paperback

Published:

9 Aug 2021

Availability:

567

Series:

Flying Start to Literacy

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$14.95 NZD

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Description

  • Should animals be kept in captivity?
  • My zoo home
  • Captive animals
  • What I like about zoos
  • Helping pandas
  • Boredom busters


Year Level:  
4

Reading Level: Q

Text Type:  Persuasive

Content vocabulary: adoptive aquarium breeding captivity conservation endangered enrichment enslave environment ethical habitats nature reserves populations research species threaten wild wildlife parks zoo zookeepers

Key concepts: Some people believe animals should not be kept in captivity. Some places that keep animals in captivity undertake breeding programs and research that helps endangered species. Animals in captivity should have stimulating enclosures that are similar to their natural habitats.

Reading strategies: Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context and out of context.

Paired text: Behind the Scenes at the Zoo / So Far from Home

Paired title ISBN: 9781761073052

Supporting material:  Lesson Plan - Animals in Captivity: The Good and the Bad (9781761073533)

Series: Flying Start to Literacy

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Digital sample pages: can be viewed at www.flyingstarttoliteracy.com.au/online-sample


Series information:
Flying Start to Literacy is an award-winning comprehensive literacy program. It reflects best practice in literacy instruction and supports the systematic development of students’ reading strategies and skills.

Each Student Book is part of connected pair, a narrative book and an informative book, both presenting the same key concepts and vocabulary. These titles have been trialled with a range of readers, including English language learners.

Each pair of Student Books is supported by a Lesson Plan. These visually appealing resources are durable and easy-to-use. They integrate oral language, vocabulary development, fluency and comprehension, writing and phonics.

Reading strategies, phonics and phonemic awareness and repetition of high-frequency words are all developed through this series, enhancing the reader’s fluency and comprehension. With an array of engaging titles to choose from, readers will laugh, explore and share in the adventure whilst learning and expanding their vocabulary.

Flying Start to Literacy resources are suitable for use as part of an early intervention program and provide effective support for English language learners.

This series is supported by a wealth of teacher resources, which can be obtained by visiting www.flyingstarttoliteracy.com.au.

Teacher Resources

Flying Start to Literacy is supported by an array of free teacher resources, including:

  • scope and sequence documents
  • phonics and phonemic overviews for each reading stage
  • reading and writing across the curriculum overviews of text types, text features, curriculum links, key concepts, and content vocabulary for the books at each of the reading stages
  • records of reading behaviour are provided for books at each stage
  • ongoing assessment checklist forms
  • getting started tips and guidance
  • title-level correlations to the Australian Curriculum
  • information about the research that underpins the series
  • percentage of decodable words tables for Levels 1—10.

Visit www.flyingstarttoliteracy.com.au to access these free resources.