Stellaluna

Journal

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Day 1
1. Explain why bats are
mammals and list some of
their characteristics.
Answer in complete
sentences. Then draw
a picture of a bat.

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2. Why do you think people used to believe that bats
were considered to be birds? Answer in complete
sentences.
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3. What are bat wings made of? Do they have fingers?
What do bats use their wings for? Answer in complete
sentences.
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4. What are some of the different kinds of bats? What do
the bat’s typical diet consist of? Answer in complete
sentences.
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5. Where do bats spend most of the day? What is this
place called? How many bats can usually be found here?
Answer in complete sentences.
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6. Why do you think Stellaluna thought she was a bird?
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 7. Explain what Stellaluna must have been feeling when
she got separated from her mom.
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Day 2
8. Draw your favorite scene from the book Stellaluna.

9. If you were Stellaluna, would you have eaten the

wiggly bugs that the mamma bird had brought to her
babies? Why of Why not? Answer in complete sentences.
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10. Why did Stellaluna want to sleep upside-down?
Answer in complete sentences.
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11. Color the continents where bats can be found

12. What kind of habitat does a bat live in? Explain why
bats like to live in these kinds of places. Answer in
complete sentences.
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13. If you were a bat which continent/country would you
live in? Why? Answer in complete sentences.
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Day 3
14. When do bats hunt for food? Why do they hunt during
this time? Answer in complete sentences.
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15. What is the navigation system that bats use to catch
their prey called? How does it work? Answer in complete
sentences.
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16. What are some of the things bats can tell by using
echolocation? Do bats have good vision? Do they use
echolocation instead of their vision? Explain using
complete sentences.
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17. If you could use echolocation, what would you use it
for? Explain using complete sentences.
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Day 4
18. What kind of things do Fruit bats eat? What do Fruit
bats use their wings for? Answer in complete sentences.
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19. In what kind of place do Fruit bats live?

Desert
Dense forest areas
Near the ocean
In an open field

20. Why would they live in this location? Answer in

complete sentences.
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21. What kind of food does Stellaluna like to eat? Why?
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22. How did the Little Brown bat get its name?
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23. Shade the regions in North America where Little

Brown bats can be found.
24. What does the Little Brown bat’s diet consist of? What
does it use to get its food? Answer using complete
sentences.
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25. What do Vampire bats eat?
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26. Why are people so afraid of Vampire bats? Explain
using complete sentences.

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27. Draw a picture of a Vampire bat.

28. Shade in the regions where Vampire bats are found in

the color red.
29. What is the bat’s biggest predator? Where do these
predators live?
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Day 5
30. The majority of bats are Microbats/Megabats. (Circle
one)
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32. Microbats live in cold/warm places. (Circle one)
33. Where can Megabats be found?
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34. What is another name for a Megbat? And why are
they sometimes called this? Answer using complete
sentences.
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35. What do Megabats eat?
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36. In your own words, write a paragraph stating why you
think bats are important to our world. Remember to write
using complete sentences.
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