The animal’s long, skinny tongue helps it slurp up tiny bugs or honey from bees’ nests. (That’s why it’s called the honey bear!)
The infographic is a perfect pairing for this issue’s “Into the Amazon” Time Machine story.
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Hang Out With the Honey Bear
Meet one of the animals of the Amazon Rainforest: the kinkajou (KING-kuh-joo), also called “the honey bear”!
From the March/April 2023 Issue
Featured Skill:
Main Idea and Supporting Details,
Superlong Tongue
Strong Tail
It uses its powerful tail to hang from trees and grab on to objects. When it’s time for bed, the kinkajou uses its tail as a cozy blanket!
In the Trees
The fluffy animal lives high in the treetops. It hardly ever sets foot on the ground!
Amazing Feet
It can turn its feet completely backward! This helps the creature run quickly in any direction.
Night Life
The kinkajou is nocturnal. That means it sleeps during the day and is awake at night.
Think and Write Contest
Imagine your school is choosing a new mascot. Write a letter to your principal suggesting the honey bear. Explain why this animal is so special. Five winners will each receive a Scholastic Store e-gift card.
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Can't Miss Teaching Extras
Learn about orangutans, another rainforest animal that spends time in trees, in “How to Save a Baby Orangutan.”
Get to know the glass frog, another animal from the Amazon Rainforest, in “This Frog is See-Through!”.
Step-by-Step Lesson Plan
1. READING AND DISCUSSING
Project the infographic as students follow along in their magazines.
- Prompt students to use the headline, subhead, and main image to identify the topic of the infographic.
- Ask: Is the purpose of the infographic to
- explain something to you?
- convince you of something?
- tell you how to do something?
- Have students look over the labels and images surrounding the main image. Ask:
- How are they related to the main image? (They provide details about the main idea.)
- Break students into groups to read each section of the infographic and discuss what they find interesting, surprising, or convincing.
- Come back together as a class and ask volunteers to summarize the main idea and supporting details from the infographic.
2. WRITING
- Preview the writing prompt in the “Think and Write Contest” box.
- Download and distribute the Guided Writing skill builder that goes along with the infographic.
- Have students respond to the writing prompt. If you wish, send their responses to our infographic contest. Details are at Storyworks 3 Digital.
EXTENTION!
Have students create their own infographics! Download our Make Your Own Infographic skill builder from Storyworks 3 Digital.
COMMON CORE STATE STANDARD
RI.1, RI.2, RI.7, W.1, W.2
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