Transcript All About Snakes - Appalachian State University

All About Snakes
Presented by
Mr. Seldomridge
February 28 - March 3
Reptile Facts
 Reptiles include lizards and snakes,
tortoises and turtles, crocodiles and
alligators, and the tuatara.
 Reptiles can be found on land and in
water.
 Reptiles have scaly skin that helps
them retain moisture.
 Reptiles breathe air through lungs.
 Most reptile babies hatch from eggs.
Snakes
 Snakes can live in
water, under-ground,
or in trees.
 Snakes use their
tongues to taste and
smell the air.
 Snakes are meat
eaters.
 Some snakes kill their
prey by biting it with
poison fangs.
 Some snakes squeeze
their prey to death.
 Snakes open their
mouths so wide, they
can swallow their food
whole.
 Different snakes move
in S-curves, in
bunched up loops, in
straight lines like a
caterpillar, or in backand-forth flips called
sidewinding.
More Snake Info
 Snake skin does not stretch much, so
as they grow, snakes must shed their
old skin and grow new, bigger skin.
 Snakes shed their skin many times in
their lives.
 Most snake babies hatch from
leathery eggs.
Boa Constrictors
 The boa constrictor is a non
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poisonous tropical snake.
The boa constrictor’s life span
is about 25 - 30 years.
Some boas live underground
while other live in trees.
Their prey consists mainly of
birds and small mammals.
Boas seize their prey in their
jaws, then entwine their
bodies around it and suffocate
it.
They lay shelled eggs.
The boa is one of the most
beautifully colored reptiles.
More Boa Info
 Boa is the common name
for fifty species of snake.
 The species best known as
“boa” is the boa
constrictor, which grows up
to twelve feet long.
 After a boa suffocates its
prey, they swallow the
animal whole.
 A boa can swallow an animal
larger than its own head.
Pythons
 Pythons are not
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venomous.
They kill by constricting
their prey.
Pythons are excellent
swimmers and climbers.
They will eat birds,
other animals, and even
fish.
They live by the water.
A python may live for
more than 20 years.
Animal Temperatures
 Mammals are warm-blooded. Their
bodies stay at about the same
temperature all the time, as long as
they’re healthy. (Our normal body
temperature is 98.6º F.)
 Reptiles are cold-blooded. Their
temperatures go down when the
weather is cold and up when it is hot.
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash
by Trinka Hakes Noble
A story about an
unusual class trip
to a farm. The
chaos was on
account of the boa
constrictor Jimmy
brought to meet
the animals.
Verdi
by Janell Cannon
A python baby
determines to keep
both his yellow skin and
his adventurous, fastmoving lifestyle, and he
goes zinging about the
rain forest until
eventually--'Whippety,
whappity, fwip, fwap,
WHAM!'
Boa Constrictor
by Shel Silverstein
Oh, I’m being eaten
By a boa constrictor.
A boa constrictor,
A boa constrictor,
I’m being eaten by a boa
constrictor,
And I don’t like it -- one
bit.
Well, what do you know?
It’s nibblin’ my toe.
Oh, gee,
It’s up to my knee.
Oh my,
It’s up to my thigh.
Oh, fiddle,
It’s up to my middle.
Oh, heck,
It’s up to my neck.
Oh, dread,
It’s upmmmmmmmmmmm
mmmfffffffffffff...
Activities
Monday
 Discuss vocabulary
 Picture walk the
story The Day
Jimmy’s Boa Ate
the Wash
 Read story orally
using big book
 Cause and Effect
Tuesday
 Review vocabulary
 Whole group reads
The Day Jimmy’s Boa
Ate the Wash
 Use big book to echo
read the story
 Ask/discuss guided
reading questions
 Snake Pet Stories
Activities
Wednesday
Thursday
 Review vocabulary
 Review vocabulary
 In small groups,
 Students partner
read The Day
Jimmy’s Boa Ate
the Wash
 Read/discuss Verdi
 Make fact books
about snakes and
reptiles.
read The Day
Jimmy’s Boa Ate
the Wash
 Temperature Activity
 Get stories ready
to publish in the
computer lab
Activities
Friday
 Review vocabulary
 Partner read The Day
Jimmy’s Boa Ate the
Wash
 Ask and Answer Game
 Comprehension Test