In the Forest of S. T. Shrew

1. In the Forest of S. T. Shrew From Project Learning Tree Lesson .pdf format Lesson .doc format Created by Joy Buckingham 11-21-07

2. You are going to meet some of the characters of “In the Forest of S. T. Shrew. You are also going to see the setting of part of the story.

3. Shrew: :The shrew is one of the smallest, but also one of the fiercest, mammals. It attacks and kills prey several times its size. The young, (four to five in a litter), are born in a hollow stump, log, or burrow, and can fend for themselves within a month. It’s life span is a short one and a half years at the most. The short-tailed shrew, with its stubby tail, is one of the most common mammals of the eastern woods of Canada. Shrew

4. The millipede is a slow-moving, elongated animal, usually with 30 or more pairs of legs. Generally, millipedes are found under bark, stones or old boards, or in damp rubbish. Their food is decaying vegetable matter. The adult has a segmented body and an exoskeleton. millipede

5. Nuthatch: The nuthatch is a large-headed, short-tailed, short-legged, tree-climbing bird that eats insects from the bark of trunks and limbs. It is acrobatic and is equally at home climbing up, around, or down a trunk head first. Nuthatches often flock with chickadees and titmice. Their wings extend nearly to the tip of their tails. Their flight is jerky. Nuthatch

10. Earthworm

11. Black Beetle

12. Spider

14. moss

17. Orange Fungi

18. Red lichens

19. Tiny trees?

21. Salamander

22. Grasshoppers

23. Wasps