Animals,+Animals

Day 1
LT: I can make connections between new information and things I already know.


 * 1) Preview / predictions. Look through the book, see what animals you can predict this will be about. Make a list; review new animals.
 * 2) Go over tricky word strategies.
 * 3) This book is going to be full of information about animals. Some of it will be interesting things you already remember. Some of it will be new information. One way good readers learn and remember things they read in books is that they make connections between new information and things they already know.
 * 4) Model with page 3. Read out loud about Elk. Draw a circle and write elk big antlers in it. Then make a connecting circle (like a web) to moose and talk about my experiences with moose.
 * 5) Talk about what a savannah is. (p. 4)
 * 6) When you read, you might have connections to things you already know about an animal. Or, you might have connections to another animal.
 * 7) Start reading, see how far they get. Share some connections. Talk about how to infer what grasslands and woodlands are. Can they make connections about why these animals need to live there?

Day 2

 * 1) Yesterday we practiced making connections between what we already know and new information. This helps us remember new ideas. What kinds of new ideas did you learn yesterday?
 * 2) Yes, for example, ... made a connection. She already knew that giraffes have long necks. She read that they live in woodlands, and she realized that they use their long necks to eat leaves off trees. Now she will remember that giraffes live in woodlands when she thinks about their long necks.
 * 3) p. 8 preview **burrow** p. 9 preview **mane** p. 11 preview **nostrils**
 * 4) Review tricky words strategies. Remind them to make connections while they read between new information and things they already know.
 * 5) Read. Come back and share connections.

Day 3

 * 1) Re-read the whole book. Write down any tricky words you get stuck on or that you figure out. Review how to make connections between new ideas and old.
 * 2) Share tricky words and strategies.
 * 3) Share connections: old info with new.
 * 4) Comprehension:
 * 5) What do all the animals in the book have in common?
 * 6) How are giraffes and zebras alike? How are they different?
 * 7) How do you think a snow leopard and an elk would get along if they met in nature? Why?