On the Move: Animal Migration

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Before After Level I Word Count 348 Words 100th word migrating page 7 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 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 current mate migrate pastures route savanna 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 Why would the weather cause animals to migrate Asking questions 2 What is migration Summarize 3 Why do the jellyfish migrate Summarize 4 Explain why animals migrate Summarize Extension Activity Think about where we live and the animals that share our space Do these animals stay all year round Do they migrate Create a chart that is divided into seasons Then under each season add the animals from your area Next to each animal place a to indicate they stay in the area or a to indicate they have migrated Add the reason you think the animal group migrated away from your area Share your results with your classmates