Animal Headgear

Animal Headgear is an expository nonfiction text that explains how some animals have headgear, such as horns and antennae and how some animals use headgear to fight or help them find food. The text further describes how some animals can grow new headgear. Readers gain information from the text, graph, captions, labels, and fact boxes.

Animal Headgear is split into eight sections to outline how different animals use their headgear. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Photographs match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the photographs, illustrations, labels, graph, Index, layout, and design. There is a chart at the end of the book that provides a visual summary of the different animals with headgear with photographs and labels. An activity on writing an explanation is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such singular/plural (antenna/antennae) and homonyms (for/four). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes within contractions (won’t). Focus on long and short vowel u and look at suffixes and base words (strongest).

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