Perhaps, you may find this of interest to use with students as a possible reading passage and/or interactive notebook activity.
An unusual climber scaled a 25 story building in Minnesota. It was a raccoon! The furry climber first started his trek, stopping from time to time on different ledges to take a break. At one point, around the 17 floor, the raccoon began going back down but changed course and resumed climbing up the building. A crowd gathered at street level to watch the raccoon make its climb. It was dubbed #mprraccoon by reporters at the nearby Minnesota Public Radio station.
As people learned of the raccoon, people wondered what could be done to help it. The windows of the building do not open and it was feared an attempt to rescue it, would endangered lives of the rescuers. Someone actually suggested using a hot air balloon to try and rescue the raccoon! Wildlife experts said it was best to leave the raccoon alone, fearing human interference would only frighten it. Eventually, the raccoon kept climbing and reached the rooftop where food(cat food) had been placed in a cage. Wildlife Management released the female raccoon back into the wild and hope that climbing days are over for this particular daredevil raccoon!
Your Turn:
1. Make a caption for the photograph.
2. Pretend you are the raccoon. Write a diary entry for your day. Why did you make the climb? What were you thinking? What did you see along the way? Etc.
3. What are TWO facts you know about raccoons?
4. Illustrate one of the Did You Know? facts.
Did You Know? Fun Facts:
Photo from nbcchicago.com
Illustration of paws to ID a raccoon's tracks:
Crittercontrol.com
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