Oxford Junior Dictionary Internet Access Learning Experience Talk about the cover of the book. List these on the whiteboard. Children turn to the contents page and find the word marsupial. They look up the meaning of this word in a dictionary. Ask children to suggest reasons why baby marsupials live in their mother's pouch.
Children look at their list of list of animals that live only in Australia.
Read pages 2-11 to learn more about marsupials. As a review, ask the children to tell you what makes a marsupial a marsupial. Turn to page 12 and read the rest of the book together. Children fill in a chart which shows all the different groups of animals in the book. They list the names and features of each animal under each group.