Before After Reading Activities Before Reading Building Academic Vocabulary and Background Knowledge Before reading a book it is important to tap into what your child or students already know about the topic This will help them develop their vocabulary increase their reading comprehension and make connections across the curriculum be about in the book’s chapters you might learn about it from this book Why or why not 1 Look at the cover of the book What will this book 2 What do you already know about the topic 3 Let’s study the Table of Contents What will you learn about 4 What would you like to learn about this topic Do you think 5 Use a reading journal to write about your knowledge of this 6 Read the book 7 8 After reading the book complete the activities below In your reading journal record what you learned about the topic and your response to the book topic Record what you already know about the topic and what you hope to learn about the topic Content Area Vocabulary Read the list What do these words mean biologist data ecosystems habitats populations refuges statistics virtually After Reading Comprehension and Extension Activity After reading the book work on the following questions with your child or students in order to check their level of reading comprehension and content mastery 1 What does a wildlife biologist do Summarize 2 What topic might a wildlife educator discuss with a group of students Infer 3 What does banding wildlife mean and why do biologists do it Asking Questions 4 What area of wildlife conservation interests you the most and why Text to Self Connection 5 Why is it important for people to work in wildlife conservation Asking Questions Extension Activity What is one way you can be a wildlife conservationist in your neighborhood or community Look around and identify one type of wildlife you could help Then write a plan to help that animal Identify the problem you observe then name the steps you could take to help solve that problem
The Big World of Wildlife Conservation A young woman crouches behind a fern deep in the rainforest She holds a clipboard as she quietly observes a group of orangutans She counts the animals and records their behavior A man stands in front of a classroom He points at a slide that shows how much of the world’s forests have been destroyed Students take notes as he lectures STEAM Spotlight Wildlife Biology Goes to College At the University of Montana wildlife biology professors teach classes about Rocky Mountain flora biology and management of fishes and ornithology or the study of birds among other topics During classes professors might teach students how to estimate wildlife populations using dried beans instead of actual animals They might also give students radio tracking devices and teach them to track each other around campus 4
STEAM Spotlight Studying Primates at Kibale National Park Researchers working for the Kibale Chimpanzee Project in the Kibale National Park in Uganda spend hours each day observing chimpanzees how they eat hunt and socialize They write down what certain chimps do at certain times each day With this information they can draw conclusions about chimp behavior They can also study how humans evolved from primates 5
