Cephalopods 6-pack Author: Gillian Shannon ISBN: 9780478186048 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 2 Reading Level: L Strategy/Skill: Asking questions, Comprehension strategies, Making inferences, Phonics, Using graphic sources Genre: Recount, Report Theme/Topic: Animals, Birds, and Insects, Habitats, Life Science Classification: Nonfiction

Book Summary

Cephalopods are animals that have a soft body and arms that grow out of their head.  This book has detailed information about squid, octopi, and nautiluses.  Photographs and diagrams provide added interest.

Features of the Book

• Captioned photographs and illustrations
• Comparisons to convey meaning – giant squid can grow to be the same length as a bus; has eyes the same size as the lights on a bus
• Measurements
• Similes – like a balloon full of air; like a wrinkled sack
• Specialized vocabulary – coral reef, cuttlefish, gastropods, nautilus, octopus, predators, prey, squid, suckers

Word Study Opportunities

• Double consonants – bottle, cuttlefish, fills, shells
• Double vowel “oo” – balloon, zoom
• Initial blend “squ” – squeezed, squid
• Prefix “sub” – submarine

Purpose

Cephalopods can be used to introduce and reinforce the following standards-related skills:

• asking and answering questions about a text
• using context clues and prior knowledge to understand unfamiliar words inferring meaning
• exploring multisyllabic words through segmenting
• interpreting information in diagrams, charts, and graphs
• using descriptive language

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