Extreme+Insects

Day 1
I can visualize to help me understand and remember. I can make predictions based on the table of contents, cover, and title.
 * 1) Preview: what insects do you know? In this book the insects are going to be Extreme! What does that mean?
 * 2) This book is non-fiction, which means it has real information in it. Non-fiction books have a table of contents. Let's look at the Table of contents. Review how to use it.
 * 3) Make predictions based on Table of Contents.
 * 4) Review tricky word strategies.
 * 5) Talk about visualizing to help you remember information, especially complicated or new information. Model how you would read page 4 and visualize the information. Go over "dines" -- can you infer what it means?
 * 6) Go over what a "trait" is -- like an attribute or a property!
 * 7) Have them read p. 5 and p. 6 and practice sharing what they visualize.

Day 2
I can visualize to help me understand and remember. I can make connections to help determine importance.


 * 1) Review visualizing learning target; talk about determining importance. This means you can pick out the Big Ideas of what you read -- what is MOST IMPORTANT? What does the author MOST want you to remember? So let's think about that today as we read: what does the author MOST want us to know in this book? Which ideas are most important?
 * 2) What is this book about? What kind of insects? Yesterday we made some predictions about what kinds of extreme insects we would read about. What kind of extreme insects did we already read about? What was the **trait** they had? Yes, size. We read about a beetle that was very, very big.
 * 3) Review what **thorns** are (p. 9)
 * 4) Review tricky word strategies.
 * 5) Re-read pages 4-6, then read to page 10.
 * 6) After reading: BIG IDEAS: let's determine importance. What do you remember that you learned about? Put ideas into categories of Extreme Size and Extreme Look Alikes. So what are the big ideas that the author most wants you to remember and learn? Can you make any CONNECTIONS that help you figure out what is important? What is the same about these insects you read about? (They may need you to model). "The most important idea is that some insects are extreme. Some are very, very big, and some look JUST like something else, for protection." Point out that they can get clues about the most important ideas from the chapter titles and the title of the book.
 * 7) Why are there extreme insects? How does being extreme help the insects? It helps them protect themselves from enemies.

Day 3
I can visualize to help me understand and remember. I can make connections to help determine importance.


 * 1) Review learning targets. What are the important ideas we've read about so far? Chart them. If necessary, help them come up with what kinds of extreme traits we've read about (extreme size, extreme look-alikes).
 * 2) Look at chapter title on page 11. What will be the big idea of this chapter?
 * 3) p. 12 review the word "jaws"
 * 4) p. 13 beak
 * 5) Read the last chapter and conclusion, then re-read the whole book. Don't forget to visualize as you read to help you remember (model).
 * 6) After reading: Chart Big Ideas: Extreme Size, Extreme Look alikes, Extreme weapons. Examples of each one. What is the very biggest idea of all? Why did the author write this book? What did he want us to learn? (All of these extremes help insects stay safe and not get eaten.)
 * 7) Evaluate: What do you think is the most important safety trait for an insect?