Fact Tracker: Snakes and Other Reptiles

Help your elementary readers love The Magic Treehouse series even more. How? Let them explore Random House Kids’ Fact Checker modules to help them answer their questions about nonfiction topics that are connected to the series. On this particular site, a video segment offers questions and answers related to Magic Tree House #45: A Crazy Day with Cobras. Just like the characters Jack and Annie, your students will learn the answers to their questions: Can snakes really be charmed? What reptile has the deadliest venom? What do Komodo dragons eat? and How do you tell alligators and crocodiles apart? This site, along with other Random House Kids’ Fact Checker links, can help your students participate in further research via a multimedia approach that will push their understanding of topics that interest them.

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