Literature Links for Primary: Project Based Learning

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Literature Links for Primary
Project Based Learning

The Zoo
The following are possible ideas or activities to use.

Zoo by Gail Gibbons (Harper Trophy, 1991): A behind the scene look at what makes the zoo so special.

Activity Idea:
Students will work on summarizing skills by developing a factual summary of a zoo animal(s). Using a graphic organizer, on paper, the Internet or a computer program such as Kidspiration™, students will organize four facts about their zoo animals. This can be completed in a large group, within small groups or individually. After collecting the facts, students can elaborate with additional information about each fact. The teacher should model how to summarize information in paragraphs for students.

Additional Books: I Want to be a Zookeeper By Dan Liebman (Firefly Books, 2003): This book examines the role of the zookeeper.
Z is for Zookeeper by Marie and Roland Smith (Sleeping Bear Press, 2005): An alphabet book using rhymes to describe the things the zookeeper works with at the zoo.

Select a primary literature link for grades K-2:

Primary literature link for grades K-2:

	100th Day Worries (Counting)
	Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books (Lincoln)
	Abe Lincoln Remembers (Lincoln)
	Abe Lincoln's Hat (Lincoln)
	The Carrot Seed (Plants)
	Election Day (Election)
	Family Pictures / Cuadros de Familia (Family)
	Giraffes Can’t Dance (Dancing)
	Hurty Feelings (Feelings/Emotions)
	I Pledge Allegiance (Community)
	I.Q. Goes to the Library (Research)
	If I Were President (Elections)
	If You Give a Pig a Party
	In My Family/En mi Familia (Family)
	In the Blink of an Eye (Life Science)
	It is the Wind (Weather)
	It's OK to Be Different (Diversity)
	Just Like Home/Como En Mi Tierra (Homes/Community)
	Marianthe’s Story (Art)
	Meet the Orchestra (Music)
	Mercy Watson to the Rescue
	The Mission of Addition (Addition)
	Mr. Wiggle Looks for Answers (Research)
	My Teacher for President (Election)
	Pigs Will Be Pigs (Measurement & Money)
	Recycle Every Day!(Environment)
	Snowy White World to Save (Environment)
	Touch the Poem (Poetry)
	Stinky the Bulldog (Diversity)
	The Upside Down Boy / El Nino de Cabeza (Being Different)
	The Water Hole (Environment)
	The Whole Human Race (Diversity)
	When Marion Copied (Research)
	Whoever You Are(Culture Diversity)

6+1 Traits® Writing Ideas

Project Based Learning: The Zoo
The following are possible ideas or activities to use:

	Animal Strike at the Zoo. It's True!
	If I Ran the Zoo
	Zoo

Other grade levels:

Visit other literature links writing resources:

	for the intermediate grades (3-5)
	for the secondary grades (6-12)