LI SiRS Discoverer 1

	Picture title: Armadillo
One of my favorite armadillo books is Armadillo Rodeo by Jan Brett. I make sure to read this story with my best Texan accent and the students really seem to enjoy it. Luckily the armadillo is nearly as cute as her illustrations, unlike my disappointment in the naked mole rat. These little guys are really quite amazing with their bendable shield and jumping ability of 90 cm in the air to scare their victems, giving them a chance to run into the nearest underbrush. In order to find my little friend I chose animals from the "browse subject tree" menu. This took me to current articles on animals. To the right was a list of the different classifications, in which I picked mammals. Again there were 91 articles in all on current mammal subjects but for a specific search I looked at the alphabetical list to the right and chose armadillos. Lucky me, according to the tabs across the top, there were 8 articles to choose from and the key just below let me know the reading level of the article. There were 6 graphics available si decided to look through them. Two were very strange as they were named moose and koala in tree, which thats exactly what they were. I was hoping there was at least an armadillo in the foreground, but no, the titles were appropriately named. I also checked out the giant armadillo, which was not very attractive. How lucky students are these days to have so much information available and teachers as well.