Summary
Two 11-minute stories with an on-screen ASL interpreter. First Elinor and her friends discover why some animals are so hard to spot — camouflage helps them blend into their habitat. Then Elinor stays up past bedtime to learn how owls are built for the night.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Elinor notices that some animals are almost invisible where they live.
- What is camouflage, and how did it help the animals in the story?
- Why was the moth so hard to see on the tree bark?
- What did Elinor learn about how owls see and hear at night?
- If you designed a camouflage suit for our playground, what would it look like?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: camouflage, blend in, habitat, nocturnal, observe.
Try it: Draw an animal camouflaged in its habitat. Ask a partner to find it.
Try it: List two ways owls are different from birds you see in the daytime.