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Monkey Business
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| Grade |
3 |
| Fountas & Pinnell |
O |
| Reading Recovery |
34 |
| DRA |
34 |
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Monkey Business
Informational (nonfiction), 1,659 words,
Level S (Grade 3)
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Lesson Objectives |
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| Reading Strategy |
Ask and answer questions |
| Comprehension |
Facts and Details |
| Grammar and Mechanics |
Adverbs |
| Word Work |
Content Vocabulary |
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Book Summary |
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Monkeys are fascinating animals. People love watching them, perhaps because they are so much like humans. Monkey Business discusses the distinctions between monkeys and apes, and between Old World and New World monkeys. Readers will also learn about the many different types of monkeys, where and how they live, and how they interact with people.
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About the Lesson |
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Targeted Reading Strategy
Objectives
- Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions to understand text
- Identify facts and details
- Recognize and categorize adverbs
- Identify and use content vocabulary
Vocabulary
Content words: anthropoids, baboon, chimpanzees, colobus, gestures, gorillas, habitat, howler, mandrill, marmoset, New World, Old World, opposable thumb, orangutans, prehensile, primates, proboscis, spider monkey, tamarin, troop
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