Read the Book Read the entire book, pausing only for Drop-In Vocabulary or to support comprehension. Make sure campers are following along in their own books as you read. Read-Aloud Tips Use engaging read-aloud strategies, such as those below, to captivate your audience. • Who Would Win? provides information about each animal in the main body of the text, as well as in pop-out text features, graphics, and labels. Guide campers to notice different parts of the text by having them point to each part as you read. • Emphasize interesting facts by reading with an enthusiastic tone and pace. You might exaggerate key words and numbers to show their importance or use facial expressions or gestures to convey the surprising nature of the facts. Notice & Wonder Invite campers to jot down or draw in their notebooks anything they noticed or wondered during today’s read-aloud. Get the Gist Invite campers to discuss with partners the gist, or main idea, of today’s read- aloud. Ask volunteers to share their gists with the group. Campers should mention these details: This book compares two animals, the blue whale and the mosquito, and asks us to think about which animal
DROP-IN VOCABULARY
Page 4 mammal: a type of animal that is warm-blooded and makes milk for its young Page 6 equator: the imaginary circle around the earth that is halfway between the North and South Poles Page 12 grooves: long, narrow cuts or dents in something Page 20 amplifies: makes louder galaxy: a group of billions of stars and other matter Page 21 submarines: vessels that can travel underwater Page 23 inject: to put something into something else, usually by using force or a special tool Page 29 surface: the top layer of something Page 30 blubber: the layer of fat beneath the skin of whales and other large sea animals
might win in a fight. Blue whales are very large and live in the ocean, and could wipe out hundreds of mosquitoes with their enormous tails. Mosquitoes are tiny, live in warm areas all over the world, and can carry diseases that make animals or people sick. Wrap up by reminding campers that in the next lesson, they will “Go Deep” in a discussion about the book. Campers should be ready to talk about the book and think about what questions they may have.
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