Unit 3

Survivors!

Lesson 8

Reader's Notebook

Food Chains

In this lesson, you will read pages 136 to 141 of Literacy in Action 4A.


This reading selection is about food chains in different habitats, and how food chains and habitats are connected. You will read about food chains in three different habitats: Grasslands, Woodlands, and Deserts.

You will focus on the following:

  • using the reading strategy ask questions, pause and check, summarize
  • how visual features help us understand content
  • how details keep us interested and help us learn
  • how habitats and food chains are connected

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A food chain explains how living things in a habitat are connected (linked) by what they eat.


All food chains start with the sun, which supplies energy to plants that are eaten by animals, which are eaten by other animals.

Food Chains, Food Webs, Energy Pyramid in Ecosystems - Video for Kids will provide a good introduction to food chains.
Food chains are different in different habitats, because of the different things in them.
Click on the colored rows for more information about Grasslands, Woodlands, and Deserts.

Read Grasslands


  • Scan pages 136 to 137 of Literacy in Action 4A, including the headings and illustrations.
  • Ask questions about the selections – write them on the Reader’s Notebook: Food Chains.
  • Read the pages, then answer the questions for Grasslands on the Reader’s Notebook: Food Chains.
  • Once you have downloaded Reader's Notebook: Food Chains keep it open as you will need it for Woodlands and Deserts.




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  1. Download the document Reader’s Notebook: Food Chains.
  2. IMPORTANT NOTE: When the download screen opens:
      • Click the "Open with" button.
      • Select "Adobe Reader".
      • Click "OK".
      • You will then be able to view the document Reader’s Notebook: Food Chains.
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Read Woodlands


  • Scan pages 138 to 139 of Literacy in Action 4A, including the headings and illustrations.
  • Ask questions about the selection – write them once again on the Reader’s Notebook: Food Chains.
  • Read the pages, then answer the questions for Woodlands on the Reader’s Notebook: Food Chains.

Read Desert


  • Scan pages 140 to 141 of Literacy in Action 4A, including the headings and illustrations.
  • Ask questions about the selection – write them on the Reader’s Notebook: Food Chains.
  • Read the pages, then answer the questions for Desert once again on the Reader’s Notebook: Food Chains.

Save

How to save a file for submission:

  1. Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
  2. Name your Reader's Notebook: Food Chains file in this format: jsmith_foodchains and save the file to your Documents folder.
  1. This worksheet is similar to homework, which is an opportunity to practise important concepts in the lesson. The worksheet is NOT for marks.
  2. However, your teacher may ask you to submit this worksheet to check on your progress so be sure to save it in your Documents folder.