This informational text would pair well when doing a lesson in a 2nd-5th grade classroom on ecosystems and how animals interact with their ecosystem. As an extension, you could as the students to write out all of the organisms found in their ecosystem (the place in which they live) and how they interact with one another. Another use for this book would be an example of a nonfiction book that each student will select and will have to give a small presentation on their research and findings. Not only does this allow students to learn more about the animals of our world but also works on their research and writing skills.

This book could be used in a kindergarten class as an interactive read aloud. With a teacher as a guide, students of that age could understand this book and they would love the illustrations. You could even do a counting activity with the read aloud because it counts in abnormal increments up to 20, addition would even fit. They would need someone reading it to them as it is out of their range.

This book could be used as an interactive read aloud for 4th grade because it is too long for younger grades. It could be used as an interactive read aloud to teach about crocodiles because it is an informative book about them containing many pictures and details about them. It would work with 4th grade because they will be learning about ecosystems and this book tells about an entire ecosystem.

This is a good book for kids! A neat lesson to tie in with this would be talking about many other animals that are on the endangered species list or will soon be on it. It is a very eye opening topic to tell kids about and can help them know what impact they're making on the environment. This is a time to learn about what we are doing that negatively affects animals and what we can do differently. The class could make a timeline of the endangered animals through the years and see how many have been recently added. They can do computer lab research to see what steps they can make to make sure other animals don't join that list and also look at agencies that are run solely for an endangered animal. Seeing that companies care so much and are working to make a difference can help the kids see that they can too. ( )

There aren't many crocodiles left in America. A lot of them became extinct because people were killing them. They are very aggressive and will eat anything in sight. However, alligators on the other hand are smaller and less vicious. They can be tamed and fed. If you kill a crocodile in America, you will be in a lot of trouble. Alligators, on the other hand, is a different story. They also say that crocodiles derived from dinosaurs and that is why killing them is illegal. They are very ancient. ( )