Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa's Fastest Cat

Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa's Fastest Cat | Sy Montgomery

Chasing Cheetahs by Sy Montgomery is a story about a woman named Laurie Marker's who quest is to save the African cats. She has been studying, breeding, and saving cheetahs for thirty years. The book is very informative and entertaining for all ages. Laurie discovered that cheetahs kept in captivity had few chances to breed because the species needs security and privacy.

olivia_danko Therefore, zoos and parks just weren't quite enough for the cats. She opened a conservation research center to help save the cheetahs.
This non-fiction and award-winning Orbis Pictus book would be best taught using UDL 1.2 (Offer alternatives for auditory information) reading aloud the interesting facts about cheetahs may engage students more rather than independent reading.
The ELS strategy I'd use is 4y

olivia_danko 42. (Have students use timelines to arrange and sequence important facts and information). This would organize all the facts they learn and showcase the importance of saving cheetahs.
With the following lesson plan:
https://www.instructorweb.com/les/cheetahs.asp
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DrSpalding You picked some wonderful award winners. When looking at the front cover, this book screams science however this could also be used in a social studies unit in relation to geography and where cheetahs live on the planet. 4y

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Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa's Fastest Cat | Sy Montgomery

Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa‘s Fastest Cats is a nonfiction book by Sy Montgomery with pictures by Nic Bishop. This Orbis Picture Recommended Book focuses on the dwindling population of the amazing cat. This book would be best used as partner reading since it is nonfiction, some students may have a harder time staying focused without the help of a peer. A website resource for assistance with an activity for the partner reading is

emilypalkovich http://symontgomery.com/class-activities/. This is the authors website and it includes activities for the book. A UDL strategy for this would be to provide options for recruiting interest because when reading a nonfiction book students tend to get disinterested more often. An EL strategy for this book would be number number 22: give enough time for EL‘s to respond to questions, meaning EL‘s may need more time to complete worksheets or answer 4y

emilypalkovich questions from peers or the teacher. #ucflae3414sp21 4y

PatriciaS Great review and presentation 👍😊 I love books 📚 that teach children about the animals that live in our world 🌍, I love animals 💞 and books win, win and your resources and activities for teaching vocabulary words and new and exciting science 👍 awesome pick. Adding to my list. thanks 😊 4y

DrSpalding Students tend to enjoy animal books. What decimal aligns with your universal design principle? 4y

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