North Country Night
Picture taken from: http://www.danielsansouci.com/titles/northcountry.html
Book By: Daniel San Souci
Web Page by: Tasia Smith
Intended for 4th graders
About the book: North Country Nights is about a forest that comes to life after all the humans are asleep. As new nocturnal animals are being introduced, so are their habits and a few of their survival skills. This book covers who is chasing whom and who is hiding where.
About the author: Daniel San Souci was born in San Francisco, California, and grew up in Berkeley, California. In his career Daniel has written over fifty children's books. He knew from childhood that he wanted to write and illustrate his own books. His favorite books to publish are his books about wildlife. He now has three daughters with his wife and they live in the East Bay Hills.
To see more pictures of Daniel or read more about this author visit: http://www.danielsansouci.com/meet.html
Now, LET'S DO SOME ACTIVITIES!!
First, print off this rubric and checklist!
(Hint: you need to read over the rubric before you start.)
Before you read: Complete these activities.
Activity 1:
Open this hyperlink and click on the KWL Chart. http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/KWL_Chart.pdf
Fill in the Know and What You Want To Learn sections about woods and the animals in the woods.
Activity 2:
Visit this website and be sure to know at least three trees in Indiana:
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/SPFO/pubs/misc/in98forests/webversion/whatypes.htm
Once you have found three trees sketch them in your writer's notebook. (If you have time you might even want to add color so that you remember the tree.)
While you read: Complete these activities.
Activity 1:
First, print off this paper:
http://disney-stationary.com/kid-stationary/bambi-kid-stationary.jpg
Once you come to a word in the book that you do not know type the word into: http://www.dictionary.com and write down what it means on the paper you just printed!
Activity 2:
When an animal appears in the book visit this site to listen to it's sound, and try to imagine that you are in the woods listening to these animals:
After you read: Complete these activities.
Activity 1:
Visit this website and complete this jigsaw puzzle:
http://www.flashpuzzlezone.com/jigsaw/animals/miscellanous/wolf/
(Hint: Be sure to record your time on the checklist!)
Activity 2:
Visit this website and include information from here on your L section:
http://www.inhs.illinois.edu/resources/tree_kit/student/index.html
Activity 3:
Be sure to finish the L section of your KWL chart!
PRINT IT OFF ONCE IT IS FILLED IN!
Once your finished this is what you need to turn in:
Checklist completed.
Rubric stapled to the checklist.
KWL chart stapled to the checklist.
GOOD JOB!!!
