Penguin Chick
•Author: Betty Tatham
•Illustrator: Helen K. Davie
•Genre: Expository Nonfiction
•Skill: Main Idea/Details
Question of the Week
• How have animals adapted to solve
the problems of their environment?
Listen as I read “Swamp Scramblers.”
Objectives:
• Build vocabulary by finding words
related to the lesson concept.
• Listen for main idea and details.
• I will model appropriate pacing and
use expression based on punctuation.
Listening Comprehension
• Identify the topic, the main idea, and
one supporting detail of the selection.
• In what ways are mudskippers and
other fish similar? In what ways are
they different?
Let’s add Inhospitable- offering no
shelter or good conditions for living
Let’s add predatoryliving by killing and eating other animals
Let’s add refuge – shelter or protection from
danger or trouble
Main Idea and Details
Objectives:
• Identify main idea and details
• Use graphic organizers to show main
idea and details.
“Pets”
• Imagine that this is the main idea of
an article you’re going to read.
• What are some of the details you
might read about?
Main Idea and Details
Let’s read page 150.
• When we look for the main idea of a
selection, we look for what is implied as
the most important idea. Supporting
details tell us more about the main idea.
• Graphic organizers, such as charts and
graphs, can help us recognize the main
idea and tell the difference between it and
the supporting details.
Main Idea and Details
Let’s read the first paragraph on p. 151
and look for the main ideas and
supporting details.
• I think that this selection is all about
Antarctica because all the paragraphs tell
about this continent. I decided that the
main idea of the first paragraph is that in
Antarctica, thick ice covers the
continent.
Main Idea, continued.
A graphic organizer can help you see the difference
between the main idea and the supporting details.
Antarctica
Thick ice covers
the continent.
In some places,
the ice is almost
3 miles thick.
Beneath the ice
are mountains
and valleys.
Main idea, continued.
Let’s read the second paragraph and
make a graphic organizer.
Antarctica
The weather is
harsh.
Build Background
• Let’s make a quick KWL chart. You
have 2 minutes to add as many things
are you know about penguins,
especially Emporer penguins.
• Now think of some questions you
have about penguins, and we will
add to our chart.
KWL
Know
Want to Know
Learned
Words to Know
•cuddles
•flippers
•frozen
•hatch
•pecks
•preen
•snuggles
More Words to Know
•rookery
•squid
cuddles
lies close
and
comfortable
; curls up
flippers
broad, flat
body parts
used for
swimming by
seals and
penguins
frozen
hardened with cold;
turned to ice
hatch
to come out of an egg
pecks
strikes with a
beak
preen
To smooth or arrange
feathers with a beak
snuggles
Lies close and
comfortably together;
cuddles
I watched the blue bird
preen his feathers
neatly.
I watched the blue bird
preen his feathers neatly.
The baby cub
snuggles closely to
its mother to stay
warm.
The baby cub snuggles closely
to its mother to stay warm.
A large chunk of
frozen ice breaks off
of the iceberg.
A large chunk of
frozen ice breaks
off of the iceberg.
All birds hatch from
eggs.
All birds hatch from eggs.
The seal uses it
flippers to help it
swim.
The seal uses it flippers
to help it swim.
The kitten snuggles
close to its mother
and falls asleep.
The kitten snuggles
close to its mother and
falls asleep.
A bird uses its beak to peck
through the egg when it is
born.
A bird uses its beak to
peck through the egg
when it is born.
Small Groups
• Read leveled readers.
Fluency
• I will model appropriate pacing as I
read “Swamp Scramblers.”
Listen to the punctuation, as I pause
slightly after each comma and a bit
longer after periods and before and
after the dashes.
Penguin Chick
Objectives:
Define and identify common
nouns.
Define and identify proper
nouns.
Use common and proper
nouns in writing.
Become familiar with noun
assessment on high-stakes
tests.
Day 1
Grammar
1. Does penguins live in alaska?
Do penguins live in Alaska?
2. The feemale bird look for food.
The female bird looks for food.
Reading-Grammar Connection
But on the ice in Antarctica, there are no
twigs or leaves.
• The words ice, twigs, and leaves
are common nouns. They name
any person, place, or thing.
• Antarctica is a proper noun. It
names a particular place and
begins with a capital letter
Penguin Chick
Day 1
Spelling
Objective:
Spell words with syllable
patterns V/CV and VC/V.
Pretest