Whale Watching 6-pack Author: Mary Cappellini ISBN: 9780478123586 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 2 Reading Level: M Strategy/Skill: Fluency, Using graphic sources, Vocabulary and word study Genre: Recount Theme/Topic: Animals, Birds, and Insects, Family, Life Science Classification: Nonfiction Fluency: Early-Fluent

Book Summary

Whale Watching is the experience of a girl who spends a day whale watching with her father.

Features of the Book

• Photographs to support the text.
• The presentation of factual information through the retelling of the girl’s experiences.
• The use of a map and symbols to explain the whales’ journey.
• The use of exclamation points.
• The contractions – “I’m,” “water’s,” “we’re,” and “didn’t.”
• The use of specialized vocabulary related to whales and whale watching.

Purpose

Whale Watching can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce and reinforce the following skills and strategies:

• recognizing and reading a range of different word patterns, including word endings
• using punctuation cues to read instructional level books with expression
• discussing new vocabulary and extending understanding
• using diagrams, charts, and other illustrations to support writing

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