Fangs and Teeth

Fangs and Teeth is an expository nonfiction text that explains how different animals’ teeth or fangs are unique and serve different purposes. These animals include land (Komodo dragon) and water animals (cookie-cutter shark). Readers gain information from the text, captions, labels, and illustrative diagrams.

Fangs and Teeth is split into seven sections where it outlines how seven different animals use their teeth or fangs. 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, Index, illustrative diagrams, layout, and design. There is a photographic web with text boxes at the end of the book providing a summary of the text. An activity on creating a diagram with a caption is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such singular/plural (jaw/jaws) and homonyms (prey/pray). Opportunities arise to discuss using apostrophes within contractions (can’t). Focus on long and short vowel a and look at suffixes and base words (cutter).

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