Flying Fish

Flying Fish book cover — Flying Fish Darla Duhaime

Flying Fish — page 1 — Before After be about remaining text Reading Activities Teaching Focus Concepts of Print Have students find capital letters and punctuation in a sentence Ask students to explain the purpose for using them in a sentence 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 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 Content Area Vocabulary Use glossary words in a sentence glide predators surface torpedo 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 How do flying fish glide above the water Summarize 2 What do flying fish eat Asking Questions 3 Where might you see a flying fish Text to Self Connection 4 How do flying fish escape predators Asking Questions Extension Activity Make flying fish spinners With just some construction paper and scissors you can make a school of flying fish For complete instructions visit http onetimethrough com how-to-make-fantastic-flying-fish-paper-spinners

Flying Fish

Flying Fish

Flying Fish are amazing creatures. They propel out of the water and use their wings to glide through the air! Dive in to learn more about flying fish.

About This Book

By: Darla Duhaime

Illustrated by:

Published by: Rourke Educational Media

5-7Age Range

2.5AR

24Pages

Sea LifeSubject

480LLexile

15-30 minsReading Time

LGuided Reading

LFountas & Pinnell

24DRA

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