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Whales Level O
Text Type: Nonfiction • Word Count: 1085

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Correlation
READING A-Z LEVEL O
Grade 2
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& Pinnell		 M
Reading
Recovery		 20
DRA 28
Lesson Parts
1) Before Reading
2) During Reading
3) After Reading
4) Building Skills
5) Extend the Reading

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Book Summary
Whales is a factual text with photos that includes types of whales, feeding habits, sounds, reproduction, and migration. The author points out that many whales are endangered and in need of our respect and protection.

Reader Supports

  • Concepts and details of paragraphs illustrated by photographs
  • Photo captions
  • Section heads
  • Boldface terms
  • Controlled amount of text on each page
  • Table of contents organizes concepts
  • Glossary defines scientific terms

Reader Challenges

  • Longer paragraphs with two or three related concepts
  • Science terms and processes explained on each page

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategies

  • Students will be able to use appropriate reading strategies to help identify unknown words.
  • Students, after guided practice, will be able to make predictions about the book independently.
  • Students will use the table of contents and glossary as tools to help their reading.

Comprehension

  • Students will be able to make predictions about the book from information on the cover, title page, and table of contents.
  • Students will be able to determine the main ideas of each section.
  • Students will know that the text is factual and be able to explain why.


VOCABULARY
Content words:
toothed, orca, narwhal, baleen, buoyant, migrate, dolphin, mammal, blowhole, blubber, pod, decibels