2nd grade project on Endangered Animals
Library Teacher Kit & Unit
Key
Total books on endangered animals: 73
Middle School Book: This book will probably require a parent’s assistance in reading it,
as it has harder words, more complex sentences, and fewer pictures. However, LS
students may still check them out for this project (they usually need parental permission
to check out Middle School books).
Juvenile book: This book is more suitable for the reading level of a 2nd-5th grader. It has
more, and bigger pictures, and less complex sentences.
Endangered Animal Teacher Kit:
Includes one of each:
List of Endangered Animal books for student check-out
And the following for classroom use:
The Endangered Animal Alphabet book
The Atlas of Endangered Animals book
The Umbrella, by Jan Brett
The stuffed plushies that accompany the book
Bulletin board/decoration accessories
Craft ideas
Relevant website links
Books on CD & text: How the Leopard Got his Spots, How the Whale Got his Throat,
The Cat Who Walked by Himself, Elephant Child and How Animals Talk to Each Other
(Non-Fiction).
How-To-Draw Endangered Animals worksheets to copy
Endangered Animal songs
CAN’T BE AN ELEPHANT
An elephant seal pup is as cute as can be,
So how come its daddy looks so funny to me?
I guess its mommy wouldn’t agree
‘Cause they’re sunning here together beside the salt sea.
Chorus
He can’t be a harbor seal, his nose is too long,
He can’t be an elephant, his nose is too short.
Too short and too long, all in the same song,
And here at A-Òoo Nuevo they make their home port.
He looks like a nightmare, but don’t laugh or scream,
Approach him politely because you may seem
As funny to him as he seems to you,
What’s funny all depends upon your point of view.
Chorus
He can’t be a mermaid ‘cause mermaids can sing
And he only bellows at any old thing.
When my daddy’s grumpy, he bellows at me,
But today we’re watching elephants beside the salt sea.
Chorus
Words and music © 1990 by Nancy Schimmel, arranged by Rick Walsh.
All IN THIS TOGETHER
A frog is smaller than I am, even smaller is the flea,
But they’ve got more bounce to the ounce than I,
Though I’ve got lots of energy,
A snail is slower than I am, a tree is slower still,
A rock is slowest till I come along
And give it a boost downhill.
CHORUS:
We’re all in this together,
Though we are in different ways,
And it matters to each one of us
If one of us goes or stays.
A cheetah is faster than I am, and the wings of a hummingbird,
But I can go to Kenya in my mind,
Fast as you can say the word.
A woodpecker’s better at pecking, and storing food in a tree,
I keep mine in a cookie jar,
And I’m good at being me.
CHORUS
An elephant’s bigger than I am, a whale is biggest of all,
But when I help to protect them,
I feel great and I stand up tall,
An elephant remembers, and a whale has a deep-sea song,
And if we remember we’re in this together
It makes the whole world strong.
Words copyright 1989 by Nancy Schimmel. Music copyright 1989 by Candy Forest.