Teaming Up: Animal Partners

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Before After Level K Word Count 422 Words 100th word team page 7 Reading Activities Teaching Focus Text feature Maps Locate the color coded maps in each section How do the color coded maps help you as you read about each animal pair How does the color coding make a difference be about Before Reading Building Academic Vocabulary and Background Knowledge Before reading a book it is important to set the stage for your child or student by using pre-reading strategies This will help them develop their vocabulary increase their reading comprehension and make connections across the curriculum 1 Read the title and look at the cover Let’s make predictions about what this book will 2 Take a picture walk by talking about the pictures photographs in the book Implant the vocabulary as you take the picture walk Be sure to talk about the text features such as headings Table of Contents Glossary bolded words captions charts diagrams or Index 3 Have students read the first page of text with you then have students read the 4 Strategy Talk use to assist students while reading 5 Read it again 6 After reading the book complete the activities below Get your mouth ready Look at the picture Think does it make sense Think does it look right Think does it sound right Chunk it by looking for a part you know remaining text Content Area Vocabulary Use glossary words in a sentence burrow fend poison predators tentacles wounds After Reading Comprehension and Extension Activity After reading the book work on the following questions with your child or students in order to check their level of reading comprehension and content mastery 1 What is a predator Summarize 2 Explain why some animals team up in nature Summarize 3 Why do the warthog and mongoose team up Summarize 4 Was there a time you had to work with someone to get something you needed Share with us Text to self connection Extension Activity Choose one of the animal pairs from the book Write a poem that summarizes their relationship and dependence on each other