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HOME-GROWN BUTTERFLIES. OBJECTIVES. TODAY WE WILL…. Use the Monitor Comprehension strategy Draw Conclusions Use academic language: draw conclusions. VOCABULARY REVIEW. Disappear Something you can no longer see Protect Something you keep from getting hurt or damaged Harming
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OBJECTIVES TODAY WE WILL…. Use the Monitor Comprehension strategy Draw Conclusions Use academic language: draw conclusions
VOCABULARY REVIEW • Disappear • Something you can no longer see • Protect • Something you keep from getting hurt or damaged • Harming • something you are causing damage to • Involved • To take part in something • Supply • Amount of something that is available • Capture • Catch and hold something • Enclosure • A structure, such as a fence, that keeps things closed in
STRATEGY: Monitor Comprehension You can monitor comprehension as you read. • regularly stop to check that you understand what you have read. • stop when you do not understand something. • If you are confused, you stop, reread, read ahead, visualize, summarize, change the speed you are reading, or ask for help.
Skill: Draw Conclusions You often use 2 or more pieces of information from the text and your own experiences to understand what your are reading in a nonfiction article. This is called drawing conclusions.
PREVIEW & PREDICT When I say “Go”, take 1 minute to preview the illustrations. Skim text when previewing Ask questions before reading Use section headers to make predictions Ask yourself… • What do you think you will learn about butterflies? On your index card, write your predictions. After we listen to the selection, we will see if your questions were answered.
FOCUS QUESTION Read to find out… • How has growing butterflies helped the community? NOW…you will read along as we listen to….
Let’s Check our Predictions! Share with your criss-cross/shoulder partner your questions. Were they answered? How has growing butterflies helped the community? TOMORROW WE WILL… • Use our sequence chart to answer our “Conclusion Map” questions on page 399.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT…. What other insects help our environment? Share!