Night of the Pufflings
By Bruce McMillan
Meet the Author
Bruce McMillan
Predict and Share
What do you think the
story is going to be
about?
Why do you think
this?
Genre and Summary
Genre: Nonfiction
Summary –
On Heimaey Island, near Iceland, a
community works together to help
young birds called pufflings return
safely to the sea.
Focus Skill - Summarize
Use Decoding/Phonics
Make and Confirm Predictions
Create Mental Images
Self-Question
Summarize-Focus Skill
Read Ahead
Reread to Clarify
Use Context to confirm meaning
Use text structure and format
Adjust reading rate-Focus Strategy
Summarize
A good summary tells the most important
ideas in a few words. It does not include
opinions or descriptions.
When you read your should summarize
the most important ideas of the text.
Summarizing will help you better
understand what you have read.
Focus Strategy
Adjust Reading Rate
Good readers use different strategies to
help them understand what they read.
You should read some texts, such as
those with many facts and details, more
slowly than other texts.
You should adjust your reading rate
according to the kind of text you are
reading.
Strategy  Skill Connection
If you are trying to summarize a nonfiction
selection with many facts and details, you
should adjust your reading rate by slowing down
to make sure you understand what you are
reading.
All About Puffins
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about Puffins
More on the Puffin
Building Background
In the next selection, children in
Iceland save the lives of
thousands of baby puffins.
What are some ways that people
help animals?
Use the web on the next page.
Building Background
Ways People
Help Animals
Building Background
When might animals need help from
people?
What might you learn from caring for an
animal?
How should you act when you take care
of an animal?
VOCABULARY
Uninhabited
Burrows
Venture
Stranded
Nestles
Instinctively
Uninhabited
Un-in-hab-it-ed
Adj.
Having no people
living there
Burrows
Bur-rows
n/v
Holes in the
ground made by
animals
Venture
Ven-ture
V
Go out in to a
dangerous place
Stranded
Strand-ed
Verb/adj.
Left behind or in a
helpless situation
Nestles
Nest-les
Verb
Moves snugly next to
Instinctively
In-stinc-tive-ly
Adv
Without thinking; in a
way that is natural
Vocabulary Power
Read Pages 206 and 207 in the book.
What are things you do instinctively?
Would you expect to find a restaurant on an
uninhabited island? Why or why not?
What are some animals that make burrows?
What word is a synonym for snuggles?
Would a cautious person venture into an
unfamiliar place? Why or Why not?
How is being rescued different from being
stranded?
After You’ve Read
Reading Skills Rocket – Summarize
Test Tutor – Summarize
Writing Detective – Explaining a Process
Grammar Practice Park – Sentences
Homework Helper – Week 3