Reading and Writing Connections for this selection: A Tale of
Two Cranes How Do Wild and Costume-raised Whoopers Compare? -
Summarize Main Idea and Details - Compare and Contrast Details
from the Text - Classify Information Described in the Text -
Make Inferences and Draw Conclusions - Make Text-to-Self
Connections - Ask Questions and Make Predictions to Set a
Purpose for Reading - Connect to Prior Knowledge/Build
Background Knowledge - (About Reading aquatic, adapt, captive-
bred, wild-bred, environmental factors, predators, connect with
students? background knowledge, ask them to share things they
have learned from their parents and teachers: learning to talk,
walk, read, write, etc. Have students imagine what kinds of
things young cranes may need to learn to survive in their
habitats. Make a class chart of ideas about what cranes need to
learn from their parents. (Connecting to Prior Knowledge;
Building Background Introduce the terms: captive-bred and wild-
bred. Ask students to share predictions and questio