Oh where, oh where has my little dog gone,
Oh where, oh where can he be?
With his ears cut short and his tail cut long,
Oh where, oh where is he?
Activities:
1. Write down all words that rhyme. Find 10 more words with the same ending sound.
2. Who could be the little dog’s owner in this poem? Guess where the dog can be. Discuss with your learning partners.
3. Draw a picture to illustrate this poem. Then watch the video below and sing along.
Roses are red,
Violets are blue;
Sugar is sweet,
And so are you.
Activities:
1. How are roses and violets alike? How are they different? Discuss with your learning partners.
2. Work with your partner to make rose shapes by tangram pieces.
3. Draw
pictures to illustrate this poem. Then watch
the video and sing along.
Milking a snake takes careful work. Scientists don’t just jam their hands in the snake’s mouth. A snake will bite anything that is pushed into its fangs!
Instead, a scientist holds a snake near a glass container. The scientist must press the snake’s head. The scientist has learned to squeeze the snake’s head just right, so that the snake opens its mouth. Then the snake bites down on the container. As the snake bites, the venom squirts out of its fangs and into the container.
Snakes are milked many times after the initial, or first, collection. The venom is saved and used to make medicine. That makes milking a snake worth the risk of being bitten by one!
Activities:
1. Draw pictures to illustrate how snakes are milked.
2. Snake milking is a very dangerous job. Do you think that it is worth taking risks to do it? Discuss with your learning partners.
3. Snake venom have been used as medical tools for thousands of years especially in tradition Chinese medicine. Are you curious about the medical benefits snake venom? Watch the video to learn about it.
Adult turkey vultures have a six-foot wingspan! These huge wings let turkey vultures glide in the air for hours without ever beating their wings. This allows turkey vultures to get a full and spectacular view of all the dead things they can scoop up.
Turkey vultures have a great sense of smell, which is rare for a bird. They can get a whiff of rotting roadkill while soaring overhead and zero in on it with pinpoint precision.
Turkey vultures rarely kill, and they have an unusual way of fighting, too. They vomit as their defense, and what they throw up stinks.
These huge birds aren’t built for fighting. They have weak feet and can’t hold on too much with their talons. That’s why dead meat is a turkey vulture’s preferred meal.
Dead animals can make birds, cats, dogs, and wild animals sick and spread disease. However, a turkey vulture’s digestive system kills off any viruses or bacteria it eats. Turkey vultures don’t get sick when they eat decaying flesh! Their droppings are also clean and free of disease. Turkey vultures are nature’s cleanup crew!
Activities:
1. Why are the turkey vultures called the nature’s cleanup crews? What make them the nature’s cleanup crews? Discuss with your learning partners.
2. Make a turkey vulture shape by tangram pieces. Count how many triangles your turkey vulture shape has.
3. Draw a turkey vulture that is cleaning a roadkill. Then watch the video to learn more about vultures.