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The Brown Pelican, state bird of Louisiana, was in peril due to pollutants. This issue highlights successful efforts to restore this majestic creature to its former status. Like all living things, food, water and shelter are essential to survive. The unique features of the Brown Pelican include nesting habits that will surprise you, a “dive bomber” approach to catching fish for dinner and an ability to problem solve when it comes to drinking water with such an enormous beak. Your young naturalist will delight in the information shared in this fascinating description of a most unusual bird.
In this issue students will:
- practice close reading of expository text
- use the newspaper to research watersheds
- compose a creative ad
- look for and sort ten odd numbers in the news
- calculate sums to 50
- use context clues to understand text and expand vocabulary
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