Octopuses

Octopuses book cover — Darla Duhaime Octopuses

Octopuses — 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 burrows limbs mollusks predators 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 Where do octopuses live Summarize 2 What do octopuses eat Asking Questions 3 How are octopuses like people Text to Self Connection 4 How do octopuses escape predators Asking Questions Extension Activity Draw an octopus face on a paper plate Cut eight limbs from construction paper Glue the limbs to the plate Glue a Popsicle stick to the back of the plate Put on an octopus puppet show

Octopuses

Octopuses

Octopuses are amazing creatures. They can change color. They trick their predators. And they are smart! Dive in to learn more about octopuses.

About This Book

By: Darla Duhaime

Illustrated by:

Published by: Rourke Educational Media (Unlimited)

5-7Age Range

2.4AR

24Pages

Sea LifeSubject

480LLexile

15-30 minsReading Time

LGuided Reading

LFountas & Pinnell

24DRA

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