Title Information:­
Animal Close-Ups is a question and answer book that shows magnified photographs of several animal body parts. It describes what each animal uses their particular body part for.

Content vocabulary: animals, bull ant, butterfly, eye, fly, food, insects, jaws, moth, mouth, nectar, nest, poison, safe, scorpion, spider, tail, tongue, wing

Key concepts:
Animals have body parts that help them to do particular things, such as get food and stay safe. Certain body parts help animals to take in information from their environment.

Reading Strategies: Linking information in photographs and text

Related resource: WW LPL1 Animal Close-Ups

Series Information:

WorldWise is a high-interest literacy program that encourages inquiry and questioning while extending knowledge in science and a range of STEM topics linked to the curriculum. This engaging program teaches reading strategies simultaneously with natural, earth and physical science concepts – reflecting the diversity of the world students live in.

Students will develop strategies and skills to read informative texts across a range of text types while they learn to become informative text writers. With an assortment of text types on offer, themes and concepts are introduced and revisited across the reading stages, building on initial concepts with increasing complexity.

WorldWise Lesson Plans support each Student Book, offering practical, systematic and easy-to-implement instructions. These visually appealing resources integrate oral language, vocabulary development, fluency and comprehension, writing and phonics.

WorldWise Investigations is a web-based tool that provides extension activities for titles in the program. It encourages exploration of content linked to curriculum outcomes in a deeper more hands-on way. Students are supported with a framework that encourages investigation and inquiry.

This series is supported by an array of teacher resources which can be obtained by visiting www.worldwise.com.au