Living Wild: Bats by Melissa Gish is a great information book on bats. It is full of engaging photographs and passages teaching readers so much about bats. I did a Unit Plan on bats during my student teaching experience. Our goal was to teach students about Bats, and show them that they are not scary vampires, but rather that they are very important part of our world. I would have loved to use this book during the unit. I was always looking for good books on bats so that children could do some of their own research on bats.
Genre: Non Fiction, informational, Animals
Theme/Skill: Students will learn how to get information about animals from a nonfiction book.
Grade Level: 2-6
Pre-reading Activity: Teacher will take a poll of who in the class likes bats. Then there will be a class discussion about what students think they know about bats.
Post-reading Activity: Students should record three things that they learned from the book. They should share these three things with a partner.
Thanks for the nice comments about my book. It's nice to know that educators are using it as a resource. -Melissa Gish
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