Book Summary
Crocs and Gators is a factual text that provides information about crocodilians. It describes their physical characteristics, habitats, and eating habits, as well as the four main types of crocodilians. The book also discusses why some crocodilians are becoming endangered and what is being done to save them.

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategies
Children should use a variety of strategies to determine word meaning and comprehend text. The targeted strategy for this lesson is: Using context clues.

This book has some vocabulary that may be unfamiliar to the reader. Children can use context clues to help them decipher the text. They can also use the photographs to help them with unfamiliar vocabulary.

Word and Print Skills

Word Work
Grammar
Adjectives

Word structure
Synonyms

Comprehension
You will likely address a number of comprehension skills as children work to understand the text. The targeted comprehension strategy for this lesson is: Summarizing.

Have children read pages 10 and 11. Then have them summarize how crocodilians move in water.

Have children read page 8 and 9 and summarize the differences found in various crocodilians.

Visual Learning
Ask: Compare various crocodilians. What ways can you describe what they look like in water?

Targeted Vocabulary Words
Content Words
capture, fierce, impossible, escape, endangered, destroy, protecting