“Emerald’s Eggs” Day 1

Students need:Reading textbook,

Realistic Fiction• Today you will be listening to a realistic

fiction selection about sea turtles. • Realistic fiction selections:–CONTAIIN CHARACTERS AND EVENTS THAT

ARE REALISTIC–ARE SET IN A PLACE THAT IS REAL OR

FAMILIAR– INCLUDE A CHALLENGE OR PROBLEM THAT

MIGHT HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE

Listening to: “Mira Sees the Light”

• When you listen to realistic fiction, you should listen to gain knowledge about the topic.• One purpose for listening to this

story is to find out more about sea turtles.

1- What clues indicate that baby turtles might be hatching?

2- If something emerged , it came out where you could see it.

3- Why does Mira race home?

FLUENCY PRACTICE

Think about what you already know about sea turtles before reading this week’s story. Can you add to the web?

These are some ways sea turtles are different from other

kinds of turtles.

Robust Vocabulary

for this week

Choral read the story today, tomorrow we will check comprehension.

Look at Ranger Jeff’s lines in the second column of page 266.