Introduction
This week in class we read One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss! This book has many rhyming words and many fictional characters. Wouldn't it be neat to find animals that live in your home state rhyme like those in the book!?
Task
For the task you will first chose 1 character from the book. You are then tasked with finding a species that is native to Florida that rhymes with that character. After that you will write one page from the book with your new character. When you are creating the new page try to find new words that rhyme with the ones that are already there!
Process
Steps:
Re-listen and follow along to the podcast on One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.
Go to the website below and look for a species that rhymes with the character in the book
Rewrite the page with your new species and at least three new/different words that still rhyme and make sense in the book!
Put the new words in all caps
After this you will then do some research on the species you have found.
Include the following information:
Where does the species live?
What does it eat?
Is it an animal or plant?
How does the environment benefit from the species?
You are to also add three facts about the species.
Here are some websites for help finding a Florida species
http://www.wildflorida.com/florida_wildlife.php
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/southflorida/habitats/hardwood-hammocks/native-flora-and-fauna/
https://www.visitflorida.com/en-us/things-to-do/outdoors-nature/florida-wildlife-by-season.html
EXAMPLE
WORDS FROM BOOK:
We like our bike
It is made for three
Our Mike sits up in back
You see
NEW WORDS:
We like our TRIKE
It is made for TWO
Our PLANT SPIKE
RUSH, sits in the back
RIDING IS WHAT
WE LIKE TO DO
Evaluation
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3
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1
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points
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Responses to species questions |
Answers questions clearly. Writes in complete sentences without grammatical errors. Creative and original thoughts
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Answers questions. Has minor errors in sentence structure and grammar, but they do not interfere with readability. Some creativity
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Does not answer all questions. Has quite a few sentence and grammatical errors. Lacks originality
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Does not answer questions. Errors are numerous and distract from readability.
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Book Reading |
Participated fully in podcast reading and participated in class discussion |
Participated in book reading but not the discussion |
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Did not actively participate in reading and classroom discussion |
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Rhyme page |
Found a species that rhymed and changed three other words from the page |
Found a species that rhymed but failed to change three words on the page |
Found a species but it didn’t fully rhyme but the effort was there and there were word changes throughout the page |
No rhyming words section was incomplete |
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Conclusion
Congratulations! You have completed the WebQuest! I hope you have enjoyed learning about different native Florida flora and fauna species! Sometimes having to find specific rhyming words can be difficult so I'm glad to see the creativity that everyone has used! We will continue to intertwine our Florida species in our units throughout the year!
Credits
Websites:
http://www.wildflorida.com/florida_wildlife.php
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/southflorida/habitats/hardwood-hammocks/native-flora-and-fauna/
https://www.visitflorida.com/en-us/things-to-do/outdoors-nature/florida-wildlife-by-season.html
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC330bjHAfypZs2r1EXwNIYQ?view_as=subscriber
Permissions:
We all benefit by being generous with our work. Permission is granted for others to use and modify this WebQuest for educational, non-commercial purposes as long as the original authorship is credited. The modified WebQuest may be shared only under the same conditions.
Teacher Page
Created by Jennah Lilly
The WebQuest was created for second students to learn about rhyming. This activity challenges students to find rhyming words within boundaries and challenge them to be creative with the pauses and stanzas. This activity also weaves in information about their native land so they are learning about their home state. This activity combines English, and Science. This activity can be altered for any book, state, or topic!