Tillena Lou’s Big Adventure
- Grades:
- K-2
Tillena Lou becomes lost while while exploring away from her home, then she gets an unexpected ride into the world of people. What surprises await the tiny turtle?
Synopsis: After starting the day with her favorite breakfast, Tillena Lou goes wandering down a dirt path. Along the way, she encounters other animals in their homes, behaving naturally. But soon, she realizes she is lost. While trying to decide which way to go, Tillena finds two giant feet blocking her path! Next thing she knows, she's inside a person's house. What does Tillena learn about the differences between how people live and how she lives?
The book is an integrated component of the Resources and the Environment unit but may be used as a stand-alone reading activity or with The Reading Link and The Math Link as a set of reading/language arts and mathematics activities.
Tillena Lou's Big Adventure is most appropriate for use with students in grades K–2 but may be used with students in other grade levels.
Download: Environmental Resources: Tillena Lou's Big Adventure
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Resources and the Environment
Teacher Guide
Young students explore how living things—including humans—use resources found naturally in their environments or modify resources to meet their needs. (11 activities).
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Resources and the Environment: The Math Link
Worksheets
A set of math worksheets, designed for very young students, that are integrated with Tillena Lou's Big Adventure (storybook) and part of the Resources and the Environment unit.
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Resources and the Environment: The Reading Link
Worksheets
The Reading Link is set of reading and language arts worksheets related to the storybook Tillena Lou's Big Adventure and is part of the Resources and the Environment unit.
Funded by the following grant(s)
Science Education Partnership Award, NIH
Filling the Gaps: K-6 Science/Health Education
Grant Number: 5R25RR013454