Read Book 2
Shared Content-Area Vocabulary bones skeleton spine Shared High-Frequency Words down have of now what
Bones? No Bones? Join Miss Page’s class as they try to figure out which animals have bones and which animals do not. Will you be able to tell? Genre: Informational: Expand Knowledge —This text reviews information from the video and playfully expands on ideas about animals that do and do not have bones and spines.
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Review the Video Have children view (or review) the video to build background knowledge and vocabulary before reading. You may wish to guide viewing using the following steps. Available in English and Spanish • Set Purpose: Let’s watch and pay close attention to which animals are vertebrates— that is, which ones have or don’t have bones and spines. • View: Pause from time to time to guide thinking and discussion. • After Viewing: Restate the Set Purpose task and invite children to report on what they heard and saw. (Humans, fish, and snakes are vertebrates. Worms, octopuses, and crabs are invertebrates.) • Review Content-Area Vocabulary: Review the content words from the video listed at left. Let children know they will find these three words in the book Bones? No Bones?
Phonics Focus and Other Targets
• Long Vowels: Final e : Ace, bones, game, glide, Grace, huge, like, made, make, name, Page, place, quite, race, shapes, slide, snake, snakes, spine, takes, use • Soft c and g : Grace, huge, Midge, Midge’s, Page Content-Area Vocabulary bones, skeleton, spine New High-Frequency Words down, have, now, of, what Challenge Words most, or, says Language Support As children learn about parts of human and animal bodies, point out the word fins on page 10. Explain that fish use their gills to breathe underwater. They use their fins to help them move through water. Show images or a video if possible.
First Reading • Read aloud the title and have children repeat it.
• Read aloud the text; have children echo-read it or whisper-read on their own. • Invite children to take turns reading to a partner. Listen to children read and give help as needed. • Have children share their reactions to the text. Second Reading • Ask a volunteer to read the title. • Have children whisper-read on their own. • Invite children to take turns reading to a partner. Listen to children read and give help as needed. After Reading Build Comprehension Use the following questions to monitor comprehension and reinforce knowledge and vocabulary. • The children in the book play a game called “Bones? No Bones?” How would you explain the directions for playing this game? Key Details/Retell • Why might a “Bones? No Bones?” player answer that a snake has bones? Key Ideas and Details • Which animals would you want to act out in this game? Make Connections Respond and Write Invite children to write and draw about an animal that has bones. Informative/Explanatory Then ask them to complete the additional activity.
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