There's a rumble in the jungle,There's a whisper in the trees,
The animals are waking up
And rustling the leaves.
It's a jungle in here!
Come along with our kindergarteners while we take a walk on the wild side and explore the animals of the jungle! But make sure you hold on tight because you never know who you might come face to face with!
This rhyming book, Rumble in the Jungle, is all about animals that live in the jungle. It starts out by telling you where to look for the animals....the hippo's at the water hole, the leopard's in his lair, the chimpanzees are chattering and swinging everywhere! However, on the first page we are given a glimpse of some of the animals as they are hiding. For instance, there's a spotted tail hanging from a tree and a huge horn sticking out from behind a bush. One fun thing to do with this is to stop and let the students "find" the animals and try to guess what they are! Then after you meet the animals, you can go back and see if they were right!
On the first few pages we meet chimpanzees, lions, zebras, snakes, and giraffes. The pictures are very bright and colorful. The stanzas are filled with onomatopoeia like when the lion roars or the gorilla thuds on his chest. There is plenty of alliteration like the galloping, gorgeous gazelle, or the slippery snake who squashes and swallows his prey. There are facts about each animal included in the rhymes, and students will love verses like
It's great to be a chimpanzee
swinging through the trees,
and if we can't find nuts to eat
we munch each other's fleas!
This book is good to introduce kindergartners to standard SKL1.b.Students will sort living organisms and non-living materials into groups by observable physical attributes. Group animals according to their observable features such as appearance, size, motion, where it lives, etc. It can also be used for standard SKL2.a.Students will compare the similarities and differences in groups of organisms. Explain the similarities and differences in animals ( color, size, appearance).
So wouldn't you like to take a walk on the wild side with us?! We won't let anybody eat you, we promise!
This book would be great to keep kid's attentions because they will love pointing out the hidden animals on the pages! The colorful pictures and alliterations make this book fun to read and it correlates with 2 science standards! Great blog! -Katie
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like an awesome book to use in the classroom! The pictures are absolutely adorable! I love how this book is full of so many sound devices. I love a book that is full of alliterations and onomatopoeia! This blog was very interesting and definitely made me want to read this adorable book! Great blog!
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This looks like such a cute book! I love that the cover is so brightly colored and the pages rhyme. This will make the students more interested in the book. I think this is a great way to cover the standard that y'all chose. I think this will do well in a kindergarten classroom. Great job!
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I LOVE THIS BOOK! Great choice to good along with this standard! Would like to use this one day in my own classroom!
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I love this book! This book is a great way to keep student's engaged. The bright colors of the book are great. This book is a good way to help children what a hippo is and where they live at. The book is just great and it is filled with lots of sound devices. Great Job!! -Tracy
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