Positives

• This resource's text is concise and easy to understand.
• The beautiful illustrations depict the birds and highlight the differences between male and female birds.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• It may help students to understand avian reproductive cycles.
• Students should know that different types of animals have features that serve a purpose.

Differentiation

• This resource can fit within a larger unit on biodiversity and ecosystems within New York state.
• Teachers can use this illustration as a conceptual introduction to bird phenology.
• Students can consider and discuss their own experiences with these particular songbirds.
• Science classes can discuss the ecological impacts of bird feeders and nest boxes.
• After reading the information, classes can go on a birdwatching walk and identify as many songbirds as possible.
• Students may want to hear recordings of the birdsongs, which may also assist them in identifying the birds.
• Teachers can copy and paste the text in the resource into a tool like Google Translate to help ELL students.