The Tundra Swan

Which image from the article best represents that tundra swans have only one partner for life?

• Image 1

• Image 2

• Image 3

• Image 4

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Analyze

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Classify the information we find in the article and the video.

Groups:

(a) Article

,

(b) Video

• A nation-wide map to spot swans

• Staging by tundra swans

• Tundra swans rest at the Great Lakes.

• Cygnets must learn to fly in the summer

• Recommendations on where to spot tundra swans

• How far the swans can be heard

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.7

If someone wants to look at the closest place to them in the US to spot tundra swans, they should look at the (a)   .

• images
• text
• map
• video

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Analyze

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What information does Image 5 represent from the article and/or the video?

• Tundra swans have only one partner for life.

• Tundra swans have a yellow spot on their beaks.

• Tundra swans fly in a V-shaped formation.

• Tundra swans fly in groups, usually with their families.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Analyze

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.7

Both the article and the video tell us that tundra swans fly at ______ miles per hour.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.7

Which image from the article BEST matches the description of ‘staging’ from the video? Why?

• Image 1 because it shows two swans together during migration.

• Image 2 because it shows thousands of swans resting together.

• Image 4 because it depicts a swan spreading its wings and staging a performance.

• Image 5 because it depicts five swans together.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Analyze

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.7

Match the facts with where they can be found.

• Only article

• Tundra swans make an oo--oo sound.

• Both article and video

• Tundra swans stop in eastern Pennsylvania.

• Only video

• Young swans are called cygnets.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.7

What purpose do images 3 and 4 serve in the section, “Tundra Swan Identification”?

• They show the difference in the beaks of the trumpeter swan and the tundra swan.

• They show how trumpeter swans and tundra swans are almost identical.

• They show the difference between adult tundra swans and cygnets.

• They show where the trumpeter swan and the tundra swan can be spotted.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Analyze

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.7

Another word for ‘young’ is _______________, and is helpful in learning what cygnets are.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand

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Which medium did you find more fun and interesting to learn about tundra swans?

• The article because it has informative images, a map and some really cool facts.

• The video because it has beautiful visuals of tundra swans with useful narration.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Apply

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