How Long Do Animals Live? Level 9-11

How Long Do Animals Live? invites readers to explore the fascinating world of animal life spans. Through engaging photographs and a clear timeline, this non-fiction book compares the lifespans of various animals, from the short-lived rooster to the long-living elephant. Each spread features a question that prompts curiosity and builds inquiry skills, while the patterned sentence structure introduces and reinforces onset and rime word families. This book is ideal for integrating science and mathematics, particularly when discussing time and measurement. It helps readers develop both reading fluency and content knowledge in an accessible and visually rich format.

Educational Benefits

• Introduces early science concepts of animal lifespans.
• Builds vocabulary and phonemic awareness using blends and rimes.
• Supports comprehension through use of a timeline.
• Encourages prediction and inference from photos and text.

Classroom Ideas

• Create a lifespan chart of favourite animals.
• Research and write a fact sheet about an animal's life cycle.
• Sort animals into groups based on lifespan.
• Use the timeline to explore concepts of past, present, and future.

Safety & Information

• Suitable for ages 5+
• Size: 210mm x 199mm
• Bound with safe, child-friendly materials
• Photographs carefully selected for age-appropriate content