Story and pictures by
John Himmelman
The author _____________
The illustrator _________
Summary:
Montigue, the mole, falls asleep in a bottle and is swept out to sea. When the bottle is swept out to sea, Montigue finds himself facing humpback whales, hungry fish., and ends up on a ship. There he meets some mice. Soon Montigue and the mice come up with a thrilling plan for more adventure.

Genre – Story
A story has characters, a setting, and a plot.
Look for:
•A problem that characters solve by the end of the story.
•Pictures that help tell the story.

Meet the Author and
• John Himmelman was born on
October 3, 1959, in Kittery, Maine.
• He loves nature and animals.
• When he wants to wind down and relax,
John Himmelman plays his guitar.
• "Most of the characters in my books come from a picture that I've already drawn."
• "I usually have no idea how a story will end until the second to last page."

1.Put your reading book on your desk.
2.Open your book to the glossary.
3.When you see the word, get ready to find the word in your glossary.

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Warm and comfortable
We put a blanket in the puppy’s basket to make it cozy for him.

was carried along by water or air

Moved, like a boat from land into the water
The space shuttle was launched at Cape Kennedy.

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A group of ships or boats that sail together
We saw a fleet of boats heading out to sea .

came to understand something
The students realized that chicks hatched from these eggs.

looming coming into sight looking large and scary
Rain clouds are looming on the horizon.

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Vocabulary Words:
• cozy snug, comfortable
• drifted pushed along by moving water
• launched caused to slide into the water
• fleet group of ships or boats
• looming appearing large and scary
• realized understood, figured out

• Say the words.
• Read the sentences.
• Fill in the blank

I saw an awesome _____ of ships today in the harbor.
cozy drifted fleet launched looming realized

We saw a white mountain
________ in the distance.
looming drifted fleet launched cozy realized

One day Mrs. Futch ________ she wanted to be a teacher.
realized cozy drifted looming launched fleet

The hot chocolate made me feel _______ inside.
looming drifted cozy launched realized fleet

realized launched looming fleet cozy drifted
The bottle _______ down the river into the ocean.

fleet launch drifted cozy realized looming
This scientist will ________ a weather balloon.

Grade 2, Theme 3
Montique on the High Sea
Vocabulary Review
1. cozy - snug, comfortable
2. drifted - pushed along by moving water
3. launched - caused to slide into the water
4. fleet - group of ships or boats
5. looming - appearing large and scary
6. realized - understood, figured out

Match the meaning to the word.
looming __
E drifted __
B cozy __
A realized __ F fleet__
D
A.
snug, comfortable
B.
pushed along by moving water
C.
caused to slide into the water
D.
group of ships or boats
E.
appearing large and scary
F.
understood, figured out

Anne Miller

Skill Practice:
 Test Tutor
 Vocabulary Practice
 Helping Verbs
Montigue 
 Montigue on the High Seas - Homophones
 Montigue on the High Sea High Frequency
Practice
 Main Idea: What's the Big Idea?
Main Idea
 Plot Development
 Problem Solution
 Vocabulary Word Card Work Interactive

 Montigue on the High Seas Vocabulary
 Montigue on the High Seas Vocabulary 2
 Monitgue on the High Seas Vocabulary 3
 BBC - Skillswise Words - Homophones introduction
 Compound words 1 - add one word to another to make a new word
 Compound words 2 - add one word to another to make a new word
 Compound words 3 - add one word to another to make a new word
 Compound Words
 Compound Words
 Compound Words

Activities for “Montique” o Deep Sea Memory Game o Maisy Mouse o My Trip o Matching Activity o Ocean Life Puzzles o Under The Sea