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    The Baby Robins

    by Ann de Bernard ELL Reader 1.3.5 Narrative Nonfiction

    INTRODUCE THE BOOK RESPOND


    Activate Prior Knowledge/Build Answers to the Reader’s Inside Back Cover:
    Background Read the title, and ask children
    if they have ever seen baby birds in a nest. Ask: Talk About It
    Where do you need to look to find a nest? What 1. They grew feathers. They learned to fly.
    else might you see in a nest? Tell children this (Character)
    book tells about baby birds. 2. The baby birds practiced and watched their
    parents. (Draw Conclusions)
    Preview/Use Text Features Preview the
    reader by talking about the illustrations together Write About It
    and naming the labeled items.
    3. With the children, brainstorm ideas about
    Preteach Vocabulary Review the high- how they have changed. Write them on a T-chart
    frequency words that appear in this book: visit with the headings Baby and Me. Children should
    and wait. Introduce these key words from the then draw and write about something they can
    book: nest (p. 2), hungry (p. 5), growing do that a baby can’t. Possible response: I can
    (p. 6), and learning (p. 8). Discuss these words ride a bike. A baby can’t ride a bike.
    and add them to a Word Wall. Support writers at various English proficiency
    levels.
    Beginning Display this sentence frame: I can
    READ THE BOOK . Have children dictate an ending.
    Choose among these options for reading to Intermediate Display this sentence frame:
    support children at all English proficiency levels. A baby can’t , but I can. Have children
    complete the sentence in writing.
    Read Aloud Read the book aloud as children Advanced Have children write sentences
    follow along. Pause to verify comprehension and about two or three things that they can do that
    to explain unfamiliar concepts. a baby cannot.
    Monitored Reading Have children silently Extend Language These words tell how things
    read a few pages at a time. Use the following look: blue and many.
    questions to support comprehension:
    • Page 2 Where is the nest? (The nest is by Answers to page 34:
    the window.) Suggest that children look back at the book
    • Page 3 What is in the nest? (Blue eggs are for words or sentences they can write. Possible
    in the nest.) responses:
    • Pages 4–5 What happens when the baby Beginning: Eggs are in the nest.
    birds hatch? (They are with mother. The Middle: Baby birds hatch.
    father comes to visit. The baby birds are End: Baby birds learn to fly.
    hungry. The mother feeds them.)
    • Pages 6–8 What happens as the baby Family Link Read aloud the Family Link activity
    birds grow? (They have feathers. They learn on page 34 before sending copies of the Study
    to fly.) Guide home with children. Later, have them
    share songs or poems about birds.
    Reread Have children reread the book with a
    partner, in small groups, or independently. Have
    them complete the Study Guide on page 34.
    © Scott Foresman 1

    ELL Readers Teaching Guide Unit 3, Week 5 The Baby Robins 33


    Study Guide
    Name The Baby Robins

    • Read The Baby Robins again.


    • Draw pictures to show what happens at the beginning,
    middle, and end of the story. Write words or sentences to
    go with your pictures.
    Beginning (pages 2–3)

    Middle (pages 4–5)

    End (page 6–8)

    Family Link
    Ask family members if they know a song or poem

    © Scott Foresman 1
    about birds. Ask them to share it.

    34 The Baby Robins Unit 3, Week 5 ELL Readers Teaching Guide

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