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Research Writing. Data Bank After taking notes, students fill in chart to help organize their data. tadpoles live in water on rain forest floor eating algae. lime green, blue stripes, orange feet and big red eyes. In the trees in the rain forest canopy. hunts for insects.
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Data BankAfter taking notes, students fill in chart to help organize their data. tadpoles live in water on rain forest floor eating algae lime green, blue stripes, orange feet and big red eyes In the trees in the rain forest canopy. hunts for insects males have vocal sac, females do not
If I Were A ________ Use your data bank for the information and follow this pattern • Line 1: Name the thing you want to be. • Line 2: Tell how you look. • Line 3: Tell where you live. • Line 4: Name one thing you eat. • Line 5: Tell an interesting fact about you. • Line 6: Tell a second interesting fact about you • Line 7: Tell what you are.
If I Were A • By: • If I Were A • . • . • . • . • . • If I were a
If I Were A Red-Eye Tree Frog If I were a red-eyed tree frog. I would be lime green, have blue stripes, orange feet and big red eyes! I would live in the trees in the rain forest canopy. I would hunt and eat insects. If I were a male frog, I would have a vocal sac, but since I am a female, I would just listen! I would start life as a tadpole swimming in the water on the rain forest floor eating algae, yuck! If I were a red-eyed tree frog.
If I Were A Red-Eye Tree FrogBy Mrs. Lanford If I were a red-eyed tree frog. I would be lime green, have blue stripes, orange feet and big red eyes! I would live in the trees in the rain forest canopy. I would hunt and eat insects. If I were a male frog, I would have a vocal sac, but since I am a female, I would just listen! I would start life as a tadpole swimming in the water on the rain forest floor eating algae, yuck! If I were a red-eyed tree frog.
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