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Chickens
Describes the physical traits, lifestyle, and behavior of chickens and their role in providing humans with meat.
- "Words to Know" glossary clarifies subject-specific vocabulary- "Learning More" section encourages independent study- Index makes navigating subject matter easy
- "Words to Know" glossary clarifies subject-specific vocabulary- "Learning More" section encourages independent study- Index makes navigating subject matter easy
47 pages, Library Binding
First published September 1, 2000
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November 27, 2017
Review: Chickens is a book that informs readers all about chickens. It tells the readers timelines of how chickens grow and eat, where chickens live, and what chickens are used for.
Evaluation: Chickens is a good book for young readers who are interested in chickens. The book has easy vocabulary for young readers, so they would be able to read the book independently. It has good pictures with informative captions. It also compares the lives of chickens on large farms to those of chickens on small farms. The book contains all of the typical nonfiction text features such as a glossary, index, and a table of contents.
Teaching Point: I do not think I would use this book in my classroom as a read aloud book. However, I would have it in my classroom library during my nonfiction unit, or I would recommend it to any student that I had that was interested in chickens and wanted to learn more about them.
Evaluation: Chickens is a good book for young readers who are interested in chickens. The book has easy vocabulary for young readers, so they would be able to read the book independently. It has good pictures with informative captions. It also compares the lives of chickens on large farms to those of chickens on small farms. The book contains all of the typical nonfiction text features such as a glossary, index, and a table of contents.
Teaching Point: I do not think I would use this book in my classroom as a read aloud book. However, I would have it in my classroom library during my nonfiction unit, or I would recommend it to any student that I had that was interested in chickens and wanted to learn more about them.
April 9, 2013
I recently brought our girls to our local Community Sponsored Agriculture (CSA) farm to explore, play and see the animals. We saw some baby chicks that people were going to bring home for Easter and our girls were very disappointed that we didn't do the same. My sister-in-law raises chickens and our girls are trying very hard to convince my hubby to build them a chicken coop.
So, our youngest decided to do some research about raising chickens and she borrowed a few books from her local elementary school library. This book certainly encourages individuals to enjoy eggs and chickens from small farms, if not ones raised on your own. It depicts the poor factory chickens and the inhumane conditions they exist in. The book shows free range chickens as happy chickens and explains that their varied diet helps make their eggs taste better.
Overall, we found this book to be informative and interesting and we all learned a little more about raising chickens. I'm not sure if we'll ever do it, but it certainly has an appeal.
So, our youngest decided to do some research about raising chickens and she borrowed a few books from her local elementary school library. This book certainly encourages individuals to enjoy eggs and chickens from small farms, if not ones raised on your own. It depicts the poor factory chickens and the inhumane conditions they exist in. The book shows free range chickens as happy chickens and explains that their varied diet helps make their eggs taste better.
Overall, we found this book to be informative and interesting and we all learned a little more about raising chickens. I'm not sure if we'll ever do it, but it certainly has an appeal.
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