Coyote

Title: Coyote

Author: Jalma Barrett

Copyright Date: 2000

Publisher: Blackbirch Press, Inc.

Possible Theme: Coyotes, Canines, Animal Behaviors

Personal Response: Coyote is a nonfiction book written for upper elementary telling facts about Coyotes. It would go superbly with a unit on canines or (as it my case) a week dedicated to Native American stories. The Native American people often used the coyote as a clever character. The students love to learn about real wild coyotes and compare them to their domesticated pet dogs at home.

Student Journal Entry: Use some of these vocabulary words and write a paragraph showing what you have learned about coyotes: den, howling, senses, pups, Alpha, Beta, habitat, and predator. 

Activity: Make a Venn-Diagram comparing coyotes and dogs or real coyotes and fictional coyotes (like in the Native American folklores)