and discuss the text. Photographs which support each paragraph are photographs, questions and responses may act as notes to which included. See paragraph number embedded with word or phrase students can refer as they complete the culminating activities. that describes each picture. Students respond within a range of language complexity according to their English language developmental level. . Paragraph 1 Ask the students, what loggerhead turtles eat.” Responses may include: diet of the loggerhead turtle includes “Describe “The Sentence stem: diet of loggerhead turtles includes…” sea grasses, crabs, shrimps, and shells,” or diet of the “The “The loggerhead turtle includes crabs,” or eat shrimps.” “Turtles Responses may include: turtles and their relatives have Ask students, do loggerhead turtles and relatives “Loggerhead “Why a bony outer shell because it is like armor that protects them,” or have a bony, outer shell?” turtles have a shell that protects them,” or Sentence stem: turtles and their relatives have a “Loggerheads “Turtles “Loggerhead have a shell to protect.” bony, outer shell because…” Paragraph 2 Responses may include: turtles migrate to the seashore “Loggerhead Ask students, the weather is warm, what makes “When to mate and lay their eggs,” or turtles migrate to lay “Loggerhead loggerhead turtles migrate to the seashore?” their eggs,” or lay eggs.” “Turtles Sentence stem: turtles migrate to the seashore “Loggerhead to…” Paragraph 3 Responses may include: mother turtle lays 100 eggs in a Ask students, many eggs does a mother turtle lay? Where “A “How bucket-sized pit in the sand.”or mother turtle lays about 100 eggs does she lay her eggs? “A in a pit that she digs with her flippers.” Sentence stem: mother turtle lays about ____eggs in….. “A
and discuss the text. Photographs which support each paragraph are included. See paragraph number embedded with word or phrase that describes each picture. . Paragraph 1 Ask the students, “Describe what loggerhead turtles eat.” Sentence stem: “The diet of loggerhead turtles includes…” Ask students, “Why do loggerhead turtles and relatives have a bony, outer shell?” Sentence stem: “Loggerhead turtles and their relatives have a bony, outer shell because…” Paragraph 2 Ask students, “When the weather is warm, what makes loggerhead turtles migrate to the seashore?” Sentence stem: “Loggerhead turtles migrate to the seashore to…” Paragraph 3 Ask students, “How many eggs does a mother turtle lay? Where does she lay her eggs? Sentence stem: “A mother turtle lays about ____eggs in….. photographs, questions and responses may act as notes to which students can refer as they complete the culminating activities. Students respond within a range of language complexity according to their English language developmental level. Responses may include: “The diet of the loggerhead turtle includes sea grasses, crabs, shrimps, and shells,” or “The diet of the loggerhead turtle includes crabs,” or “Turtles eat shrimps.” Responses may include: “Loggerhead turtles and their relatives have a bony outer shell because it is like armor that protects them,” or “Loggerheads turtles have a shell that protects them,” or “Turtles have a shell to protect.” Responses may include: “Loggerhead turtles migrate to the seashore to mate and lay their eggs,” or “Loggerhead turtles migrate to lay their eggs,” or “Turtles lay eggs.” Responses may include: “A mother turtle lays 100 eggs in a bucket-sized pit in the sand.”or “A mother turtle lays about 100 eggs in a pit that she digs with her flippers.”