Reptile Week

Hunting for lizards.




Gecko.



This week we made a notebook of Benjamin's work on reptiles.


Reading list:

KingFisher Knowledge: Dinosaurs by Nigel Marven
Dinosaur Bones by Bob Barner
Yucky Reptile Alphabet Book by Jarry Pallotta
Dinosaur - An Eye Wonder Book by Sarah Walker and Samantha Gray
The Science of Living Things: What is a Reptile? by Bobbie Kalman
A New True Book: Reptiles by Lois Ballard
Fun Facts About Turtles by Carmen Bredeson
Animals After Dark: Alligators and Crocodiles, Hunters of the Night by Elaine Landau
What Do You Call a Baby Turtle? by Emma Nathan
Snakes by Gail Gibbons
The Visual Dictionary of Dinosaurs by DK Publishing
Geckos by W.P. Mara
Steve Irwin Wildlife Warrior by June Eding
Dinsaur Hunt by Rolf E. Johnson and Carol Ann Piggings
All About Turtles by Jim Arnosky


Turtles.



Lizards.




Benjamin narrated a reptile story to me. Here is chapter one:

Brother Lizards

They come to the junction, on the track Bill and Ben comes. They scared the lizards. Alligators come! There is a dinosaur. It scares Bill and Ben. They go home to Tidmoth Sheds. Dinosaur leaves; he's really scary. The tracks are clear. The lizards get off the tracks.

Then it is playing time. They play chasing each other. It is a game. Then it rains, and rains, and rains, and rains, and RAINS! Then it gets sunny, and sunny and SUNNY! Then the tracks are clear.

There is a railroad crossing. They apply their brakes. Then stuck in the mud. Bill and Ben can't help, so Rusty and Mavis get the lizards out of the mud.

The End.


Crocodilians



Where to find crocodilians.


Here is the second chapter:

Alligator is in the mud. He chomps and drinks and eats crocodiles. Way over there.

The End.


Snakes




Dinosaurs





His final chapter:

The dinosaur helps Bill and Ben out of the mud. It rains. Then it stops. Then there are rocks. The rocks get bigger, and bigger, and BIGGER. The dinosaur eats the rocks. He eats them all.

The End.




On the back I attached a workbook that we got at the DMV about Sea Turtles.


Here a a few of the pages.




He designed his own sea turtle.


In the summer I was able to buy a complete set of animal encyclopedias from the library for $2. This is where we got a lot of our reptile pictures.

Most of my printouts came from Homeschool Share. I used the Crocodilians Lapbook, the Dinosaur Lapbook, the Lizard Lapbook, the Sea Turtles Lapbook, and the Snake Lapbook.