“Emerald’s Eggs”
Day 1
Students need:
Reading textbook,
Realistic Fiction
• Today you will be listening to a realistic
fiction selection about sea turtles.
• Realistic fiction selections:
– CONTAIIN CHARACTERS AND EVENTS THAT
ARE REALISTIC
– ARE SET IN A PLACE THAT IS REAL OR
FAMILIAR
– INCLUDE A CHALLENGE OR PROBLEM THAT
MIGHT HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE
Listening to: “Mira Sees the Light”
• When you listen to realistic fiction,
you should listen to gain knowledge
about the topic.
• One purpose for listening to this
story is to find out more about sea
turtles.
1- What clues indicate that baby turtles
might be hatching?
2- If something emerged , it came out where
you could see it.
3- Why does Mira race home?
FLUENCY PRACTICE
Think about what you already
know about sea turtles before
reading this week’s story. Can
you add to the web?
These are some
ways sea turtles are
different from other
kinds of turtles.
Robust
Vocabulary
for this week
Choral read the story today, tomorrow
we will check comprehension.
Look at Ranger Jeff’s lines in the
second column of page 266.