| Description |
1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations |
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text file rda |
| Summary |
The animal world is a dangerous place! Animals have amazing ways of surviving when faced with a scary showdown. Insects,mollusks,mammals,lizards,spiders,and rodents all employ unique tactics in order to stay alive. Featuring TIME For Kids content,this nonfiction reader examines the fascinating methods that animals use to defend themselves. This high-interest title includes detailed photos and sidebars,stimulating facts,and clear,informational text to engage students as they build their critical literacy skills. The book includes text features such as a table of contents,glossary,and an index to increase understanding and improve academic vocabulary. The Reader's Guide and Try It! sections prompt students to connect back to the text,and provide extensive language-development activities that will develop critical thinking. Aligned with state and national standards,this text prepares students for college and career. Keep grade 4 students engaged from cover to cover with this exciting reader. |
| Audience |
700L Lexile |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.4 0.5 191808 |
| Summary |
Outlines some of the ways animals protect themselves from their enemies, including armor, body parts they can lose and re-grow, camouflage, unpleasant sprays, and pretending to be dead. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 30) and index. |
| Contents |
Face off! -- Armored animals -- Now you see it -- Keep-away spray -- Playing dead -- Survival. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Animal defenses -- Juvenile literature.
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Animal defenses.
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Animal defenses. |
| Genre |
Electronic books. |
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Juvenile works.
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| Added Title |
Animal defenses |
| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Kroll, Jennifer L. Showdown Huntington Beach, CA : Teacher Created Materials, [2018] 9781425849832 (DLC) 2017017375 (OCoLC)987796159 |
| ISBN |
9781545716069 $64.94 |
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1545716064 $64.94 |
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