ELL Readers Teaching Guide Unit 1, Week 4 Animal Babies 7Animal Babies INTRODUCE THE BOOK Activate Prior Knowledge/Build Background Read the title, and ask children what kind of animal
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Animal Babies
INTRODUCE THE BOOK
Activate Prior Knowledge/Build
Background Read the title, and ask children
what kind of animal babies they have seen Ask:
What do you like about animal babies? Tell
children that this book is about animal babies
Preview/Use Text Features Preview the
reader by talking about the photographs together
and naming the labeled items
Preteach Vocabulary Review the
high-frequency words that appear in this book: eat,
her, this, and too Introduce these key words
from the book: baby (p 2) and mothers
(p 2) Discuss these words and add them to a
Word Wall
READ THE BOOK
Choose among these options for reading to
support children at all English profi ciency levels
Read Aloud Read the book aloud as children
follow along Pause to verify comprehension and
to explain unfamiliar concepts
Monitored Reading Have children read
silently a few pages at a time Use the following
questions to support comprehension:
• Page 2 What do animal mothers do? (They
take care of their babies.)
• Pages 3–7 What are the different names
for baby animals? (The baby animals are a
calf, ducklings, a kitten, chicks, and a kit.)
• Page 8 What kinds of animals are shown
in the photograph? (The photograph shows
a horse and its foal, a goat and its kid, and
a duck and its ducklings You may wish to
teach children the names for a baby horse
and goat.)
Reread Have children reread the book with a
partner, in small groups, or independently Have
them complete the Study Guide on page 8
RESPOND
Answers to the Reader’s Inside Back Cover:
Talk About It
1 Children should describe some of the baby
animals depicted in the book
2 They eat with them, swim with them, clean
them, feed them, and watch them (Main Idea)
Write About It
3 Children may draw and write about one of
the baby animals shown in the book, such as a calf or a kit Or, they may choose another kind of baby animal, such as a piglet
Support writers at various English proficiency levels
Beginning Have children copy the name of
the animal from the book
Intermediate Invite children to use this
model in their writing: A puppy is a baby dog.
Advanced Have children write a sentence to
explain why this baby animal is their favorite
Extend Language A baby pig is a piglet A
baby bear is a cub A baby goat is a kid A baby deer is a fawn.
Answers to page 8:
Children should draw an animal baby with its mother Possible response: A mother bird feeds her chicks
Family Link Read aloud the Family Link activity
on page 8 before sending copies of the Study Guide home with children Later, have children share what they learned from their families about animal mothers and babies
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• Read Animal Babies again.
• Draw a picture that shows what the story is about.
• Write a sentence that goes with your picture.
Family Link
Ask family members to compare how human mothers
and animal mothers care for their babies.
Study Guide
Animal Babies
Name