Title Information:­
Looking After Their Young describes the different ways parents look after their young. It compares animals that look after their young for a long time and a short time, and animals that do not look after their young at all.

Content vocabulary: babies, eggs, families, female, hatch, herd, humans, life cycle, male, milk, mother, parents, protection, raising, relatives, reptiles, shelter, species, survive, warmth

Key concepts:
Some young need lots of care and so their parents need to look after them for a long time. Some young need looking after for a short time. Some parents do not need to look after their young at all.

Reading Strategies: Making inferences

Related resource: WW LPL1 Looking After Their Young

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