Woolly and Fang
Historical (fiction), 1,792 words, Level S (Grade 3)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Comprehension	Story Elements
Grammar and Mechanics	Pronouns
Word Work	Synonyms

Book Summary

Woolly, a mammoth, and Fang, a saber-toothed tiger, are born on the same day. Saber-toothed tigers hunt and kill mammoths, but mammoths are not easy prey. Food becomes scarce, and Woolly's tribe has to migrate. While leaving the glacier, the tribe is attacked by Fang's parents. At the end of the action-filled story, Fang and Woolly are left alone on the glacier. The author invites the reader to tell the rest of the story. Engaging illustrations support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions
• Understand the story elements of setting, characters, and plot
• Identify possessive pronouns
• Understand and use synonyms

Vocabulary

• Content words: attempted, bellowed, bristling, coincidentally, compacted, crevasse, crouched, crystalline, delicacy, isolated, migration

Book Resources

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