Challenge them to note when this changes throughout the year and what impacts it makes. Identify animals and plants around the school and what habitats help encourage stability.ĭiscuss sunlight and ask if anyone knows what time the sun rose and will set that day. Make paper bag or finger puppets of characters in this book, like Roz, ducks, otters, squirrels. What type of designers have helped us to understand the world around us? Family, teachers, or other social groups?ĭraw/design a robot using silver paper or foil. What observations does Roz make while exploring the island? What conditions help or hinder? Why is it important to pretend or practice something? Have you ever 'roughed it' in the wild outdoors, ie camping, nature walk? Inoperative (adjective) - not working or taking effectĭiscussion topics for during/after reading: Marsupial - (noun) a mammal of an order whose members are born incompletely developed and are typically carried in a pouch on the mother's bellyĬelestial - (adjective) positioned in or relating to the sky or outer space Methodically - (adverb) in an orderly or systematic mannerĬraggy - (adjective) of a landscape, having many crags rough/rugged

Why do you think there are no trees at the top of the mountain? In Peter Brown's novel, The Wild Robot, readers are introduced to a robot struggling to fit in, in a new environment where grit and dedication aid in survival along with nurtured curiosity and the help of others. After battling a violent storm and escaping a vicious bear attack, she realizes that her only hope for survival is to adapt to her surroundings and learn from the island's unwelcoming animal inhabitants. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is-but she knows she needs to survive. When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is all alone on a remote, wild island.

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