Mirando ballenas 6-pack Author: May Cappellini ISBN: 9780478120899 Copyright Date: 2007 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Reading Level: N Strategy/Skill: Fluency, Using graphic sources, Vocabulary and word study Genre: Recount Theme/Topic: Animals, Birds, and Insects, Environment, Relationships Classification: Nonfiction Fluency: Early-Fluent

Overview

In this nonfiction book, a girl describes a whale watching trip with her father. The story provides information about the gray whales that can be seen along the Californian coast.  It includes photographs of the girl and her father on the boat, close-up shots of gray whales, and a map.

Purpose

Mirando ballenas may be used to highlight students’ interest in whales or to discuss a trip they may have taken with a family member.  Children who live by the coast and have gone whale watching could compare the text with their own experiences.  The book could lead into further study of gray whales or other scientific themes.

Setting the scene

Discuss the title and cover photograph.

• ¿Dónde está esta gente?
• ¿Qué está mirando?
• ¿Han estado en un barco ustedes alguna vez?
• ¿Han ido a mirar ballenas?
• ¿Cuándo y adónde?
• ¿Qué saben ustedes acerca de las ballenas?

List the things that they know, as well as what they would like to find out, on a KWL chart.

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