Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Readers:
Date:
March
18,
2015
Text
and
Author:
Reading
Level:
A
Visit
to
a
Butterfly
Greenhouse,
by
Rita
Crosby
E
Check
new
words
using
multiple
sources
of
information
(visual,
syntax,
and
Reading
Focus:
Choose
1
Word
Solving/Fluency
Choose
1
Comprehension
Before Reading:
meaning)
Main
Idea
1
Topic:
State
the
topic
of
a
descriptive
text.
(5
minutes)
Introduction
to
the
Book:
The
name
of
this
book
is
A
Visit
to
a
Butterfly
Greenhouse.
Take
a
look
at
the
cover.
What
do
you
see?
Do
you
think
this
book
will
be
fiction
or
nonfiction?
Reading
Strategy:
Remember
that
every
book
has
a
main
idea.
The
main
idea
is
what
the
book
is
mostly
about.
The
book
also
has
supporting
details.
The
supporting
details
are
the
smaller
pieces
of
information
that
tell
us
about
the
main
idea.
As
you
read
the
book,
I
want
you
to
find
the
main
idea.
Think
about
what
pieces
of
information
are
the
supporting
details.
(Have
students
restate
the
reading
strategy.)
Vocabulary
in
Context:
Have
the
students
read
the
vocabulary
words
on
the
inside
cover.
During
Reading:
After Reading:
First,
Then,
diagnose
student
confusion
+
prompt
for
ideal
student
thinking
and
response.
Ask
a
mix
of
factual,
inferential,
and
critical
thinking
questions.
Factual
questions
and
answers:
What
is
the
indoor
home
of
a
butterfly
called?
(greenhouse)
What
does
a
butterfly
drink
from
flowers?
(nectar)
What
comes
out
of
a
butterfly
egg?
(caterpillars)
What
do
caterpillars
eat?
(eggshells,
plants)
When
it
is
done
growing,
what
does
a
caterpillar
make?
(a
chrysalis)
What
happens
inside
the
chrysalis?
(the
caterpillar
turns
into
a
pupa.
The
pupa
turns
into
a
butterfly.)
What
breaks
out
of
the
chrysalis?
(the
butterfly)
Inferential
Questions
and
answers:
Look
at
the
picture
on
page
9.
What
does
the
picture
show
you
about
the
chrysalis?
(The
chrysalis
is
like
a
hard
shell.)
Why
do
people
keep
some
butterflies
in
a
butterfly
greenhouse?
(so
that
they
can
watch
a
caterpillar
turn
into
a
butterfly.
So
that
you
can
learn
a
lot
Critical
thinking
questions
and
answers:
What
is
the
main
idea
of
the
book?
(A
butterfly
greenhouse
is
an
indoor
home
for
butterflies
where
you
can
watch
a
caterpillar
turn
into
a
butterfly.)
Give
three
pieces
of
evidence
from
the
text
that
support
the
main
topic.
(any
answers
from
the
factual
questions
section)
Finally,
to
help
students
develop
their
metacognitive
knowledge
of
themselves
as
readers,
prompt
them
to
name
the
reading
strategy
they
are
using:
Good
job
thinking
about
the
book
today.
What
reading
skill
were
we
working
on?
Finding
the
main
idea.