Extreme Animals Level K
Text Type: Nonfiction • Word Count : 438

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EXTREME ANIMALS
Worksheets

LEVEL K
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COMPREHENSION QUIZ FOR
EXTREME ANIMALS
Comprehension Quiz
Level K Answer Sheet

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Book Summary
In Extreme Animals, readers can discover why a flamingo is pink and what animal lives the longest. This is an informational text containing many fun facts about animals. After reading this book, children will be able to share amazing facts about the richly varied animal kingdom with their friends and family.

Suggested Lesson Focus
The following skills are suggested for the lesson focus and strategies will be provided for these skills throughout the lesson. Most likely, other skills will be addressed in the course of reading and discussing the book.

Comprehension
Main Idea and Supporting Details

Phonics
Short and Long Vowels

Word Work
Opposites

Mechanics/Word Structure
Possessives

Visual Learning
Visual learning is a very important comprehension strategy. Model this strategy through teacher think aloud, sharing with children what you see in your mind as you read through the text. Have children discuss their impressions of each animal as they look through the book for the first time in the Book Walk section of this lesson. Explain that the photographs will help them understand what is going on in the text.

Targeted Vocabulary Words
High Utility Words
long, much, your, than

Content Words
reptiles, creatures, mammals, quietest, loudest