Book Summary
You may have seen a hippo in a zoo, but did you know that it has no hair? Animals, Animals is about some of the many fascinating animals in our world. Each page describes interesting facts and brings the wonderful world of animals to the reader. Detailed pictures enhance the text.

Book and lesson also available at Levels H and K.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand nonfiction text
• Identify main idea and details
• Segment syllables
• Identify the long /i/ vowel sound
• Identify adjectives and the nouns they describe
• Understand the use of bold print

Materials

• Book -- Animals, Animals (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Dictionaries
• Main idea and details, long /i/ vowel, adjectives worksheets
• Discussion cards

      Indicates an opportunity for students to mark in the book. (All activities may be demonstrated by projecting the book on interactive whiteboard or completed with paper and pencil if books are reused.)

Vocabulary

• High-frequency words: are, can, have, many
• Content words: camel(s), elephant(s), elk, foxes, giraffes, hippos, mountains, polar bears