Sea Turtles Level R
Text Type: Nonfiction • Word Count: 1,564

Book Summary
Written in a clear, engaging style, Sea Turtles provides details about the physical appearance, nesting patterns, and predators of sea turtles. The author's love for these endangered animals is apparent as she helps us realize that they deserve to live free from hunting and exploitation.

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: Reading for critical information using Book Marks or Reading Logs.

Book Marks are pieces of paper with notes written on them, placed in the pages to which they refer. They can contain questions, or comments, or they can serve as notes for important information that will be useful later. Reading Logs are notebooks in which children can take notes about the plot, useful information, or the main ideas of the book. Either of these methods are effective in helping children to organize and remember information.

Word and Print Skills
Phonics
ea digraph

Word Work
Building Vocabulary
Compound Words

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: Rereading to find important details.

Visual Learning
Helping children to develop a better understanding of the relationship between picture details and text will help them solve challenging words or passages. In Sea Turtles, there are a number of photographs and illustrations used to support the text, increase child interest, and foster reading fluency.

Targeted Vocabulary Words
Content Words
prominent, unique, scutes, carapace, plastron, rudders, carnivore, herbivore, omnivore, endangered