Pages 8-9: Pages 8-9: The picture shows us that Icebergs are chunks of snowy ice What are icebergs? that fall into the sea. Students turn and tell their partners What does the picture show us? what icebergs are. Pages 10-11: They don’t fly, they swim. They have oily feathers; they Pages 10-11: across the ice on their bellies. Most birds don’t do these What is unusual about penguins? things. What are layers of oily feathers? Act out putting on layers of feathers. Act out what oily like. Teacher could have a few feathers available and dip them into cooking oil so that students can see and feel them. Have students turn and talk to their partners about what oily feathers are. Pages 14-15: Pages 14-15: The author says that blubber is a thick layer of fat to keep What does the author say blubber is? the seals warm in the cold water. Why do the seals have blubber? Page 16: The picture shows us the whale jumping up. Page 16: Have students act out lunging using their hands as a whale. What does lunging mean? Students turn and tell their partners what lunging means. What does the picture show us? To do acrobatics means to do any tricks requiring great skill. Why does the author say that these whales are acrobatic? It takes great skill for the whales to be able to jump their large bodies out of the water. Scientist work in Antarctica. They the plants and Page 21: animals. Who works in Antarctica? It is too cold for people to live there all of the time. Why don’t people live there all the time? THIRD READING: Chart student responses:
Pages 8-9: What are icebergs? What does the picture show us? Pages 10-11: What is unusual about penguins? What are layers of oily feathers? Pages 14-15: What does the author say blubber is? Why do the seals have blubber? Page 16: What does lunging mean? What does the picture show us? Why does the author say that these whales are acrobatic? Page 21: Who works in Antarctica? Why don’t people live there all the time? Pages 8-9: The picture shows us that Icebergs are chunks of snowy ice that fall into the sea. Students turn and tell their partners what icebergs are. Pages 10-11: They don’t fly, they swim. They have oily feathers; they across the ice on their bellies. Most birds don’t do these things. Act out putting on layers of feathers. Act out what oily like. Teacher could have a few feathers available and dip them into cooking oil so that students can see and feel them. Have students turn and talk to their partners about what oily feathers are. Pages 14-15: The author says that blubber is a thick layer of fat to keep the seals warm in the cold water. Page 16: The picture shows us the whale jumping up. Have students act out lunging using their hands as a whale. Students turn and tell their partners what lunging means. To do acrobatics means to do any tricks requiring great skill. It takes great skill for the whales to be able to jump their large bodies out of the water. Scientist work in Antarctica. They the plants and animals. It is too cold for people to live there all of the time. THIRD READING: Chart student responses:
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