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Wildlife Rescue Level X
Text Type: Nonfiction • Word Count: 1776

Lesson Parts
1) Before Reading
2) During Reading
3) After Reading
4) Build Skills
5) Build Fluency
6) Extend the Reading
7) Assessment

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WORKSHEETS FOR
WILDLIFE RESCUE
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COMPREHENSION QUIZ FOR
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Comprehension Quiz
Level X Answer Sheet



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Book Summary
Wildlife Rescue is a nonfiction text that informs readers about the rehabilitation of injured animals. It tells readers what to do if they find an injured animal and describes the many steps that are taken to rehabilitate these animals. The book also discusses disaster rescues and the release of rehabilitated wildlife. Photographs support the text. 

About the Lesson 

Targeted Reading Strategy

  • Summarize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand nonfiction text
  • Sequence events
  • Understand and use prepositions within sentences
  • Identify how the suffix -ion changes the meaning of words

Materials

  • Book -- Wildlife Rescue (copy for each student)
  • Chalkboard or dry erase board
  • Summarize, sequence events, prepositions, suffixes worksheets

    Indicates an opportunity for student to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reusable.)

Vocabulary

  • Content words: ambassadors, disaster, fledgling, flight cage, habitats, imprint, incubator, nocturnal, orphaned, predators, quarantined, rehabbers, release, rescue, urban, veterinarians, volunteers