Teaching Focus:

Sentence

Segmentation:

Give each student

blocks or counters. Have

students use a block or

counter to identify each

word in a sentence from

the book. Count how

many words are in each

sentence.

Level: D Word Count: 54100th Word: NA

Levels K

-1Tips for Reading this Book with Children:

1. Read the title.

Predictions – after reading the title have students make predictions about the book.

2. Take a book walk:

Talk about the pictures in the book. Use the content words from the book as you take the picture walk. Have children find one or two words they know as they do a picture walk.

3. Have children find words they recognize in the text.

4. Have students read the remaining text aloud.

5. Strategy Talk – use to assist children while reading. • Getyourmouthready • Lookatthepicture • Think…doesitmakesense • Think…doesitlookright • Think…doesitsoundright • Chunkit–bylookingforapartyouknow

6. Read it again.

7. Completetheactivitiesattheendofthebook.

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Children hop, run, and crawl. How do animals move?

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Some animals fly. Birds fly.

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Bats fly. They fly at night.

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Some animals run. Cheetahs run.

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Dogs run, too.

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Some animals hop. Rabbits hop.

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Kangaroos hop.

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Some animals swim.Fish swim.

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Penguins swim, too.

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Who climbs? Who swings? Animals move in many ways.20

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1. Can you name some ways animals move?

2. Do all birds fly?

3. How many ways can you move?

Picture Glossary cheetahs (CHEE-tahz): These large, spotted cats live in parts of Africa and Asia. They are the fastest land animals.

climbs (KLIMZ): To climb, an animal moves up things by gripping and pulling with front legs and pushing with back legs.

fly (FLY): Animals use their wings to flap and soar through the air.

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night (NITE): This is the dark time between sunset and sunrise.

kangaroos (kang-guh-ROOZ): These large animals live in Australia and hop easily using their strong back legs.

penguins (PEN-gwihnz): These flightless birds live near cold oceans and swim to catch food.

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Indexfish 16fly 4, 6hop 3, 12, 14

Websiteswww.animalfactguide.comwww.buildyourwildself.comwww.inaturalist.org

About the AuthorJulie K. Lundgren grew up near Lake Superior where she liked to muck about in the woods, pick berries, and expand her rock collection. Her interests led her to a degree in biology. She lives in Minnesota with her family.

penguins 18run 3, 8, 10swim 16, 18

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Comprehension & Extension:

• Summarize:

Can you name an animal that can fly? Tell about animals that run.

• Text to Self Connection:

Choose an animal in the book. Can you move like that animal? What are some other ways you can move?

• Extension: Make a Bookmark

Choose an animal and create a bookmark that shows that animal. Write about how that animal moves. You can start your writing with “A______can______.”

Sight Words I Used:can some theywho

Vocabulary Check:

Use glossary words in a sentence.

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