Lizards for Lunch: A Roadrunner's Tale

Students in Mrs. Fowler’s second grade class listened to the book Lizards for Lunch and then discussed what they had learned about what roadrunners like to eat.  Each student wrote a recipe for a roadrunner, and the recipes ideas included yummy favorites like: Lizard Soup, Spaghetti Beetles, and Lizard Pizza.

Here are four examples of Roadrunner Recipes:

 

Lizards on Lettuce Ingredients 4 Lettuces 6 Lizards 7 Croutons 10 Bacons Ranch Dressing Directions 1. Lettuce - crunch 2. Lizards - on lettuce 3. Croutons - on lizards 4. Bacon - on croutons 5. Ranch Dressing - on top of everything This is Jessica's lizard salad recipe.
Tortilla and Snake and Cheese Ingredients 2 tortillas 1 half of a snake 6 slices of cheese Directions 1. Get the tortilla 2. Get snake and the cheese 3. Put on the tortilla 4. Bake it This recipe by L.M. is for Tortilla and Snake and Cheese	Lizards and Bugs Ingredients 4 C Hot Water 5 Lizards 7 Bugs Rice Directions 1. Pour hot water into pot 2. Then put rice in 3. Put lizards in 4. Put bugs in 5. Cook in oven two hours This is Shanya's recipe for Lizards and Bugs.
	Lizard Pizza Ingredients Lizard Dough Cheese Directions 1. Get a cheese pizza 2. Catch a lizard and kill it 3. Put lizard on pizza 4. Bake it for an hour 5. Give it to the roadrunners Serves Six This is Gary's roadrunner recipe for lizard pizza.

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