List of fiction and nonfiction books related to fishing cats.
Standards
- 2-LDC-10p Use informational texts and other media to learn about the world, and infer from illustrations, ask questions and talk about the information.
- 2-LDC-10t Discuss storybooks by responding to questions about what is happening and predicting what will happen next.
- ELA.F.4 Read and reread grade-appropriate texts with accuracy and expression at an appropriate rate to support comprehension.
- ELA.R.1 Use critical thinking skills to investigate, evaluate, and synthesize a variety of sources to obtain and refine knowledge.
- ELA.F.4 Read and reread grade-appropriate texts with accuracy and expression at an appropriate rate to support comprehension.
- ELA.R.1 Use critical thinking skills to investigate, evaluate, and synthesize avariety of sources to obtain and refine knowledge.
- ELA.2.OE.1 Read and write for a variety of purposes, including academic and personal,for extended periods of time.
- ELA.2.OE.2 Acquire, refine, and share knowledge through a variety of multimedia literacies to include written, oral, visual, digital, and interactive texts.
- ELA.3.OE.1 Read and write for a variety of purposes, including academic and personal, for extended periods of time.
- ELA.F.4 Read and reread grade-appropriate texts with accuracy andexpression at an appropriate rate to support comprehension.
- ELA.4.OE.1 Read and write for a variety of purposes, including academic and personal, for extended periods of time.
- ELA.4.OE.2 Acquire, refine, and share knowledge through a variety of multimedia literacies to include written, oral, visual, digital, and interactive texts.
- ELA.5.OE.1 Read and write for a variety of purposes, including academic and personal, for extended periods of time.
- ELA.AOR.10 Evaluate and critique multimedia presentations of a text or subject, including their impact on an audience.
- ELA.6.OE.1 Read and write for a variety of purposes, including academic and personal, for extended periods of time.
- ELA.6.OE.2 Acquire, refine, and share knowledge through a variety of multimedia literacies to include written, oral, visual, digital, and interactive texts.
Resources
Fishing Cat: Who Eats Whom? Food Chain Lesson Plan (Grade 2)
Students begin with the video, collecting evidence about what the fishing cat eats and how it hunts. They then become the food chain themselves, passing yarn from the sun to a plant to an animal to...
View LessonThe Fishing Cat: A Master of Water (Gr 4-5)
Students explain how the fishing cat's adaptations supports its survival and why protecting the species is important.
View LessonFishing Cat Data Dive (Gr 3)
In this hands-on, zoo-themed math lesson, students will analyze and interpret four distinct data representations—a dot plot, a data table, a scaled picture graph, and a bar graph—focusing on the...
View LessonFishing Cat: Who Eats Whom? Food Chain Lesson Plan (Grades 4–5)
Students begin by predicting what the fishing cat eats, then watch the video to gather evidence about its prey and hunting style. Using illustrated organism cards from a wetland habitat, they build a...
View LessonFishing Cat | Zoo Minutes
Meet Kayuma, a fishing cat whose story at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden is part of a much larger effort to protect his species. Discover the adaptations that make fishing cats at home around water and how...
View AssetFishing Cat Coloring Sheet
Color a fishing cat and discover what makes this water-loving feline unique.
View AssetFishing Cat Research Guide (Grades 1-2)
Use this research guide as you learn about Fishing Cats.
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