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1. Read poem The Bat by Douglas Florian.
2. Have students go over what the letters stand for in a KWL chart and introduce H (how we will find the information).
3. Illicit from the children what they already know about bats and what they want to learn about bats and write their responses on chart paper.
4. Tell students that Stellaluna is a baby bat that got lost from her mother when she was very young and doesn't know how to be a bat. We are going to research bats so that we can teach her all about bats.
5. Read Stellaluna By Janel Cannon.
6. Begin to fill in information on the KWLH chart what they learned about bats. 7. Ask the students how they will learn more about bats and write on chart.
8. Show students various websites about bats using the LCD projector and tell them they will be working in small groups to research more information about bats.