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Butterfly Day
6-pack
ISBN: 9780478123593
Grade Level:
2
Reading Level:
M
Strategy/Skill:
Text structure, Using graphic sources, Vocabulary and word study
Genre:
Recount
Theme/Topic:
Animals, Birds, and Insects, School and Community
Classification:
Nonfiction
Fluency:
Early-Fluent
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Book Summary
Butterfly Day describes a special day at Maungawhau School and includes facts about butterflies.
Features of the Book
- Photographs to support the text.
- The contractions – “can’t,” “wouldn’t,” and “wasn’t.”
- The use of compound words – “butterfly,” “sunshine,” “classroom,” and “themselves.”
- The blends – “cl,” “fl,” and “cr.”
- The word endings – “er,” “ed,” “ly,” and “ing.”
- Factual information about butterflies.
Purpose
Butterfly Day can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce and reinforce the following skills and strategies:
- recognizing features of different genres
- discussing new vocabulary and extending understanding
- recognizing and reading a range of different word patterns, including word endings
- using diagrams, charts, and other illustrations to support writing
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
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