Responses may include: predator that threatens turtle eggs is Ask students, to the author, what is one predator “One “According the lizard,” or predator is the lizard.” that threatens turtle eggs?” “One Sentence stem: predator that threatens turtle eggs is…” “One Responses may include: predator that threatens turtle eggs is “One the (raccoon, lizard). “ Paragraph 4 Ask students, does the mother turtle do after she lays “What Responses may include: mother turtle returns to the sea “The the eggs?” because she cannot survive long on land,” or mother turtle “The Sentence stem: she lays the eggs, the mother turtle…” returns to the sea.” “After Paragraph 5 Responses may include: two months, the eggs hatch. Next, Ask students, two months, what happens to the eggs? “After “After baby turtles scurry down to the water,” or eggs hatch. Next, What happens next?” “The baby turtles scurry down to the water. Sentence stem: two months, the eggs…Next…” “After Paragraph 6 Ask students, about some of the loggerhead turtle’s “Tell Responses may include: loggerhead turtle’s enemies are sharks “The enemies.” which eat them and humans who make things out of their shells, Sentence stem: loggerhead turtle’s enemies are…” catch them in nets,” or loggerhead turtle’s enemies are sharks “The “The and humans.” Paragraph 7 Ask students, Are Jiro-San and Taro conservationists? “ Responses may include: are people like Jiro-San Sentence stem: are…. “Conservationists “Conservationists and Taro because they cleaned the beach to help protect the turtles.
Ask students, “According to the author, what is one predator that threatens turtle eggs?” Sentence stem: “One predator that threatens turtle eggs is…” Paragraph 4 Ask students, “What does the mother turtle do after she lays the eggs?” Sentence stem: “After she lays the eggs, the mother turtle…” Paragraph 5 Ask students, “After two months, what happens to the eggs? What happens next?” Sentence stem: “After two months, the eggs…Next…” Paragraph 6 Ask students, “Tell about some of the loggerhead turtle’s enemies.” Sentence stem: “The loggerhead turtle’s enemies are…” Paragraph 7 Ask students, “ Are Jiro-San and Taro conservationists? Sentence stem: “Conservationists are…. Responses may include: “One predator that threatens turtle eggs is the lizard,” or “One predator is the lizard.” Responses may include: “One predator that threatens turtle eggs is the (raccoon, lizard). “ Responses may include: “The mother turtle returns to the sea because she cannot survive long on land,” or “The mother turtle returns to the sea.” Responses may include: “After two months, the eggs hatch. Next, baby turtles scurry down to the water,” or “The eggs hatch. Next, baby turtles scurry down to the water. Responses may include: “The loggerhead turtle’s enemies are sharks which eat them and humans who make things out of their shells, catch them in nets,” or “The loggerhead turtle’s enemies are sharks and humans.” Responses may include: “Conservationists are people like Jiro-San and Taro because they cleaned the beach to help protect the turtles.
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