Giraffes

Written and Illustrated

By Mrs. Olsens Art and Library Class

Giraffes

Written and illustrated by Mrs. Olsens 1st Grade Art and Library Class Consulting Artist: Mrs. Lustgarten Consulting Librarian: Mrs. Hembree
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BulldogReader Press, Copyright 2013

Dedication page
The students in Mrs. Olsens class dedicate this book to ~~~Our families who love us!
~~~All the endangered giraffes in the world! ~~~Our Books to Africa partners in Ghana, Lesotho and South Africa

Table of Contents
Where Giraffes Live..5 What Giraffes Look Like...11 What Giraffes Eat....16 How Giraffes Live..20 Glossary..25 Internet Sites..26 Index.27 Eric Carle Style Art..........28 Works Consulted.30 The Process.31 Books to Africa Project..32
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Where do giraffes live?

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What do giraffes look like?

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What do giraffes eat?

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How do giraffes live?

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Glossary
Africa - the second largest continent calf - a baby giraffe herbivore an animal that eats plants savanna a flat grassland in a tropical (hot) area

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Internet Sites
The following websites have been researched by Mrs. Hembree and are fun and safe web resources for more information about giraffes.

Facthound:
www.facthound.com

National Geographic:
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/giraf fe/

San Diego Zoo:

http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/giraffe
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Index
Africa, calves, height, herbivore, life span, savanna, weight,
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African Endangered Animals -Eric Carle Style

Students learned about the collage storybook artist and author Eric Carle. He handpaints papers that he later cuts and uses to create collages to illustrate his stories. To complement Mrs. Hembrees Books to Africa project, students created an African endangered animal in a collage using papers that they handpainted and also using papers in their art that their classmates created.
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African Endangered Animals -Eric Carle Style

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Albee, Sarah. Amazing Animals Giraffes.Pleasantville, NY: Readers Digest Young Familiies, 2009. Print. Bonnett Wexo, John. Giraffes." Zoobooks Feb. 2006: 22. Print.

Works Consulted

Cole, Melissa. Wild Africa Giraffes. Farmington Hills, MI: Blackbirch Press, 2002. Print.
Doudna, Kelly. It`s a Baby Giraffe. Edina,Minnesota: ABDO Publishing Company, 2009. Print. Giraffes. PebbleGo. www.pebblego.com. March 9, 2013. Underwood, Deborah. Watching Giraffes in Africa. Chicago, IL: Heinemann Library, 2006. Print. th

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WC Slide by 5 graders Bella, Bridget, Devyn, Madi and Peyton

A Collaborative Process
1. 2. 3. 4. Mrs. Hembree, librarian and Mrs. Lustgarten, art experience leader worked collaboratively on this project. Students created the art with Mrs. Lustgarten. The pages were then scanned and imported into a powerpoint slide. In Mrs. Hembrees library class, they read about giraffes using books and the database PebbleGo. In groups they wrote a fact about an aspect of the giraffe. They then typed their fact onto a scanned image of their original art in powerpoint. The students learned to change color and of text. They also filled in the color the textbox. They narrated their slide and Mrs. Hembree compiled the slides into both a powerpoint e-Book and pdf style e-Book. Fifth grade students created the Works Consulted slide for the first grade students.

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Books to Africa Project

This book is part of a 2012-2013 school-wide library literacy project started by Mrs. Hembree after she found hundreds of childrens picture books not being used. Volunteer students formed a planning team, named the project Books to Africa and designed a logo. They raised money for postage to send books to four partner schools in Ghana, Lesotho, and South Africa. Each class learned about an aspect of Africa in their library class and created a joint project reflecting their learning.
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