Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot
Publication Information
Author:  Montgomery, Sy	Illustrator:  Bishop, Nic
Title:  Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot	Date:  2010
Publisher:  Houghton Mifflin	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  ISBN 978-0-618-49417-0	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:
General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction
HSE Descriptor(s):    science
Summary:
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Kakapo parrot and the crusade to save it from extinction in its stunning native habitat down under in New Zealand. The book chronicles the incredible measures workers go to to help new birds hatch despite difficult conditions.
Teaching Ideas:
This is not a sit down and read through text. Best used as a resource for the teaching of science. The text and the topic can be enhanced by integrating the website www.kakaporecovery.org.nz which updates the readers in the kakapo recovery program and adds an immediacy to the learning. Students can study other animals that face extinction and the humans efforts to prevent it from happening.
Teaching Strategies:
Book Conversations    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/book_conversations.pdf
Discussion Webs    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/discussion_webs.pdf
DR-TA: Directed Reading Thinking Activity    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/dr_ta.pdf
Admit Slips and Exit Slips    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/admit_slips.pdf
Brainstorming Activities (Guidelines)    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/brainstorming.pdf
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Science > biology > zoology > wildlife Science > biology > zoology > ornithology/birds Science > biology > zoology > animals Science > biology > zoology > endangered species

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