winter to spring winter to spring
WINTER TO SPRING Vocabulary • Use descriptions to determine word meaning: What does the word clothes mean in this book? Let’s look for clues on page 5. (Answer: what we wear to cover our skin; Clues/evidence: people put on warm clothes to go outside) • Use direct definitions to determine word meaning: What does the word fawn mean in this book? Let’s look for clues on page 15. (Answer: baby deer; Clues/evidence: the word “are” means a direct definition)
Find It! Level 1 Comprehension • Identify facts and details: Some animals find a new home in . . . (winter, page 7) LEVEL H/14
Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension
Chipmunks sleep in winter
Both
Birds
animals
some fly away for winter
• Compare and contrast: How are chipmunks and birds alike and different? Explain your answer. Use a Venn diagram to answer this question. (both are animals; chipmunks sleep in winter; some birds fly away for winter, pages 6 and 12) • Identify sequence of events: What happens after snow and ice begin to melt? (the days are longer and the weather is warmer, page 8)
Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension • Use graphic features to interpret information: Look at page 11. The photograph shows a bud and a branch. What can you tell from the photograph? (Answer: buds have a different color from branches; Clues/evidence: the bud and branch are two different colors) • Make inferences: Look on page 7. What clue tells you food is hard to find in the winter? (these animals go to a warmer place where they can find food)
Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension • Evaluate author’s purpose: The author uses an inset photograph on page 6. The photograph is a sleeping chipmunk. Why did the author use the photograph? (so the reader can see what a sleeping chipmunk looks like)
Early Explorers Set A Early Copyright © 2007 Benchmark Education Company, LLC. All rights reserved. This card may be photocopied for classroom use only. Based on the Comprehension Through Deductive Reasoning Model developed by Margaret Kilgo.
Find It! Level 1 Comprehension • Identify facts and details: Some animals find a new home in . . . (winter, page 7) LEVEL H/14
Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension
Chipmunks sleep in winter
Both
Birds
animals
some fly away for winter
• Compare and contrast: How are chipmunks and birds alike and different? Explain your answer. Use a Venn diagram to answer this question. (both are animals; chipmunks sleep in winter; some birds fly away for winter, pages 6 and 12) • Identify sequence of events: What happens after snow and ice begin to melt? (the days are longer and the weather is warmer, page 8)
Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension • Use graphic features to interpret information: Look at page 11. The photograph shows a bud and a branch. What can you tell from the photograph? (Answer: buds have a different color from branches; Clues/evidence: the bud and branch are two different colors) • Make inferences: Look on page 7. What clue tells you food is hard to find in the winter? (these animals go to a warmer place where they can find food)
Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension • Evaluate author’s purpose: The author uses an inset photograph on page 6. The photograph is a sleeping chipmunk. Why did the author use the photograph? (so the reader can see what a sleeping chipmunk looks like)
Early Explorers Set A Early Copyright © 2007 Benchmark Education Company, LLC. All rights reserved. This card may be photocopied for classroom use only. Based on the Comprehension Through Deductive Reasoning Model developed by Margaret Kilgo.
