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Generating information about bats to be used in a non-chronological report
I can gain knowledge about bats to use in a non-chronological report.
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Year 2
Generating information about bats to be used in a non-chronological report
I can gain knowledge about bats to use in a non-chronological report.
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Key learning points
- Bats are nocturnal animals, which means they sleep during the day and are awake at night.
- Bats have very poor eyesight, but use echolocation to help them navigate their way around.
- Bats have leathery wings which help them to fly quickly.
- Over millions of years, bats have developed adaptations to help them survive.
Keywords
Nocturnal - being active or happening at night rather than during the day
Echolocation - a technique used by bats, dolphins and other animals to determine the location of objects using reflected sound
Adaptations - special body parts or behaviours that help a living thing survive in an environment
Habitat - the environment where an animal lives
Common misconception
Pupils may think that bats are not nocturnal because they can be seen at zoos during the day.
Explain that zoos use carefully planned changes of lighting to help the bats think that it is night during the day.
Supplement the learning with video clips, information texts and images to support your children in gaining enough information about bats for their non-chronological reports.
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Starter quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
Which of these is a specific feature of a non-chronological report?
rhyming words
capital letters
Q2.
Which of these is a feature of a non-chronological report?
instructions
characters
Q3.
What does the introduction of a non-chronological report do?
give specific and detailed information
introduce the characters and the setting
Q4.
Put these sections of a non-chronological report in order.
Q5.
The title and subheadings should always be...
written in all capital letters.
written in coloured ink.
Q6.
'Brilliant Bats' would be a good subheading for a section all about...
hedgehogs.
badgers.
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6 Questions
Q1.
What is the name for changes that animals and plants have developed over millions of years to help them survive?
alterations
features
Q2.
What are animals called that sleep during the day and are active at night?
sleepy
diurnal
Q3.
Which of these animals is not nocturnal?
fox
owl
bat
hedgehog
Q4.
Bats are the only mammal that can...
jump.
swim.
Q5.
The bones in bat's wings help it to do what very quickly?
make interesting shapes
fly without moving
Q6.
What does a bat use to help it understand its surroundings?
its eyes
a radar