Turtle Tom Level R
Text Type: Fiction • Word Count: 1,581

Book Summary
Tom Terdle is always getting teased about his name. After getting in a fight, he is suspended from school. He goes to the beach, where he finds some turtle eggs and also finds a friend, the Turtle Lady. Together they spend time watching for the eggs to hatch. Their friendship causes Tom to overcome his sensitivity to his name. He grows up to become a marine biologist and always remembers the special gift he received from the Turtle Lady.

Suggested Lesson Focus

Literary Element Strategies
Discuss the interaction between the main characters' actions and the plot.

Word Skills
Provide synonyms for given words.

Phonics Skills
Identify and list words ending in consonant digraphs.

Grammar Skills
Identify and list nouns and verbs in sentences.

Targeted Vocabulary Words
violators, provoked, tarnation