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Animals A Pathfinder For Second Grade: Print Resources-Books and Magazines

This document provides guidance for second graders writing an animal report, including important areas to cover and resources to use for research. It outlines key sections like introduction, physical description, habitat, diet, protection, reproduction, and interesting facts. Students are directed to encyclopedias, non-fiction books, websites, and multimedia resources for reliable information on various animals. The document also provides local community contacts and resources for teachers to assist students in writing an organized animal report.

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Animals A Pathfinder For Second Grade: Print Resources-Books and Magazines

This document provides guidance for second graders writing an animal report, including important areas to cover and resources to use for research. It outlines key sections like introduction, physical description, habitat, diet, protection, reproduction, and interesting facts. Students are directed to encyclopedias, non-fiction books, websites, and multimedia resources for reliable information on various animals. The document also provides local community contacts and resources for teachers to assist students in writing an organized animal report.

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Animals

A Pathfinder for Second Grade


Writing a report about animals is a big job. It is important that you use facts in your
report. We find facts in non-fiction books and on websites. It is a good idea to look for
information in an encyclopedia first, and then to choose books about your animal to get
facts.

These are the important areas that a good animal report should have:

• Introduction – name of animal


• What the animal looks like
• Where the animal lives – its habitat
• What kind of food the animal eats and how it gets its food
• Ways the animal protects itself
• How the animal has babies and how it cares for the babies
• Interesting facts about the animal
If you would like to learn more about animals, follow the links on this pathfinder. It will
help you find information in your school library media center, on the Internet, and in the
community about animals.
Print Resources-Books and Magazines
There are several excellent books about animals. A few of the books are listed below. To
locate more books, use the suggested keywords and phrases to search the online library
catalog.

NONFICTION BOOKS

Egan, C., Hopping Egan, L., Jackson, T. C., & Mollison, D. (1994). My first book of
animals from a to z. New York: Scholastic J591 MYF

Johnson, J. (2003). 100 things you should know about mammals. Essex, United Kingdon:
Miles Kelly Publishers. J591.77SEA

Llewellyn, C. (1998). The best book of bugs. New York: Kingfisher. J595LLE

Resnick, J. P. & Ericson, A. (1998). Eyes on nature: Sea creatures. Chicago: Kidsbooks
J591.77SEA

Simon, S. (1997). Wild babies. Mexico: Harper Collins J599WAL


Walters, M. (2000). Investigate wildlife. Essex Indonesia: Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd.
J599WAL

REFERENCE BOOKS

Academic American Encyclopedia (1989). Danbury, CT: Grolier J031ACA

The New Book of Knowledge (1989). Danbury: CT: Grolier. R031NEW

The World Book Encyclopedia. (1998). Chicago: World Book Inc. J031

MAGAZINES

Ranger Rick. National Wildlife Federation, Reston, VA

National Geographic Kids. Washington, D. C.

Online Resources--Internet Sites

The Web sites listed on this page have been previewed and selected for this topic. If
additional information is needed, use the suggested keywords and phrases to search the
Internet.

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/

http://animal.discovery.com/

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html

http://kids.yahoo.com/animals

http://www.library.guelph.on.ca/Childrens/searchasaurus.cfm

Multimedia Resources

Our library has the following multimedia resources on animals:

Time Life Video. Zoo life with Jack Hannah: Amazing animals. (1994). Ingle
Productions. JVC1749-1756

Bug City. (1998). Schlesinger Media, Wynnewood, PA. Bees, Ants, Beatles, Auqatic
Insects, Flies and Mosquitos. JVC 1932-1940

Dewey Decimal Numbers to Browse


If you want to browse the shelves in the library to locate information about animals, look
for these numbers:

591 Animals

595 Insects

597 Ocean

599 Mammals

Keywords and Phrases for Searching

Do you need additional information? Try using these words and phrases to search
Magazine Index, the library online catalog, CD-ROM or print encyclopedias or the World
Wide Web:

Animals

Wild animals

Baby animals

Birds

Reptiles

Insects

Mammals

Fish

Spiders

Amphibians

Name of your choice of animal

Community Resources-People and Places

The following community contacts may help you with your topic:

http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/
This is the website for the PA Game Commission. The people there are very familiar
with the kinds of animals that live in Pennsylvania.

http://www.aswp.org/beechwood.html

The people who work at Beechwood Farms, where second grade takes a field trip, also
know a lot about Pennsylvania animals.

http://www.pittsburghzoo.org/

The people who work at the Pittsburgh Zoo are experts on many different kinds of
animals.

PA State Standards and Other Resources for Teachers

Develop related sentences about a single topic utilizing process writing. 1.5.3

Write organized thoughts. 1.5.3

Develop written works for display. 1.5.3

Use traditional and electronic search tools to locate information. 1.8.3

Write on a single topic (e.g., title/topic, main idea sentence, supporting details, and
illustrations) for a specific purpose. 1.5.3

Write a series of related sentences or paragraphs about a single topic within a provided
format utilizing process writing. 1.5.3

List main ideas related to topic of research to create an outline with teacher guidance.
1.8.3

Organize the information gained through research with teacher guidance. 1.8.3

Use CD-ROMS and Internet resources to gain information. 1.2.3

Select a topic for research with teacher direction. 1.8.3


Name the location of sources that provide information (e.g., library, Internet). 1.8.3

Select sources (e.g., dictionaries, books, encyclopedias, interviews, Internet), with teacher
guidance, to gain information. 1.8.3

Useful websites for teachers to assist students in writing an animal report

http://darylrice.com/paanimal.html
Pennsylvania animals photos for use as a power point

http://www.mcsdk12.org/curr/animals_of_pennsylvania.htm

Information about Pennsylvania animals

http://www.unitedstatesfauna.com/

Information about United States animals

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