Today the tiger, one of earth's most powerful predators, numbers only in the thousands in the wild. A collection of easy nonfiction will allow us to contrast the gloomy reality of this endangered striped stalker with the sly, trickster tiger found in fictional picture books.
My middle school Language Arts students begin the year reading years below grade level.
Daily reading is a cornerstone of our classroom. The wide range of readers in our classroom, including students who have never learned to read, reluctant readers, and strong readers who are just beginning to learn English, means that we need a wide variety of books to explore a theme together. We like to explore a common topic, but we need a lot of different resources to make a class exploration of any theme possible!
My Project
These easy nonfiction titles about tigers are richly illustrated and will support learning for all my students. My students will use these books to contrast the features of fictional tigers---sly, tricky, dangerous---with the reality of the few remaining tigers in the wild. With a readability range from early elementary through middle school, there is a "just right" book in this collection for every student in my classroom.
Tigers have been in the news a lot recently.
The power of this threatened stalker makes reading about tigers a natural fit for middle school students. This collection of nonfiction books will help my students explore important ideas about man's relationship with nature, as they strengthen reading skills and vocabulary. Please help us get started on an exciting new tiger unit!
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