| Write and draw one thing you notice about the text.
Notice
L3 | Story Map
Seven Blind Mice | Fill
in the story map.
Four boxes, with headings labeled Characters, Setting, Problem, and Solution.
Characters
Setting
Problem Solution
L3 | Story Stones
Story Elements | Cut out the stones.
L4 | Character Words
Seven Blind Mice
| Write and draw to tell how a tusk is similar to a spear.
The tusk and spear are
Here Come the Elephants from
Ranger Rick Jr.
All elephants have trunks. Elephants use their trunks to do lots of things.
Elephants feed themselves with their trunks. Elephants greet each other with their trunks. Elephants use their trunks to throw mud on themselves.
Elephants live in groups called herds. A herd is made up of sisters and their babies.
A male elephant calf will stay with his mom and the rest of the herd until he is a “teenager.”
All the adult elephants in a herd help take care of the young. Young elephants like to wrestle and play with each other.
L6 | Language Practice
Nouns | Circle the nouns in each sentence.
3. The kids read a book about elephants.
1. The mice and the elephant are near the pond.
2. Elephants have thin tails.
L7 | Notice Chart
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? | Write and draw one thing you notice about the text.
Notice
L8 | Art Organizer
William | Write two details about the animal.
A two-column chart with headings labeled Detail 1 and Detail 2.
Detail 1 Detail 2
L8 | Boxes and Buttons
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? | Cut out the box and buttons.
L8 | Gallery
“Adaptations”
Don't Eat Me!
What would you do if something wanted to eat you? Fight? Run away? Hide?
Animals do that, and they have lots of other ways to protect themselves too. from Click
Look at those long back legs! The speedy basilisk lizard can outrun most predators.
If something tries to bite it, a ladybug leaks smelly, bad-tasting fluid from its legs.
Enemies soon learn the ladybug’s bright colors mean, “I taste terrible,” and they stay away.
A frilled lizard unfolds the large flap of skin that surrounds its head and hisses.
Now it looks bigger and fiercer than it really is. If that doesn’t scare its attacker, the lizard turns and runs up the nearest tree.
If a skink off its tail. The tail keeps wiggling to attract the attacker’s attention while the skink runs away. Later, the skink will grow a is covered with sharp spines. When it’s scared, it rolls up into a tight ball.
A gray treefrog can change color from gray to green to brown in order to blend in with its surroundings. If it stays still, its enemies can’t find it. Can you?
Meerkats live in big groups. They take turns climbing to a high spot to watch for enemies. If a guard barks a warning, everyone runs and hides in their underground tunnel.
Yuck! Is that bird poop? Nope, it’s a swallowtail caterpillar . The little caterpillar stays safe by looking like something that nobody wants to eat.
Many animals have tough, leathery skin or shells made of the same stuff as your fingernails. But an armadillo ’s armor is especially strong. It’s made of bone.
To escape enemies, flying fish leap out of the water and glide long distances through the air.
L12 | Wonder Chart
Dear Treefrog | Write and draw one thing you wonder about the text.
Wonder
L12 | Writing Model
Module 2 | Draw a line under the two evidence sentences.
The giraffe uses its features to be safe. It has back legs that can kick to keep other animals away. It has a tail that can brush insects off its back. These features help keep the giraffe safe.
L13 | Informative Writing Planner
Module Task 1 | Fill in the evidence to plan your paragraph.
A sandwich diagram labeled Focus, Evidence, and Conclusion. Three boxes are underneath, one for each part of the sandwich diagram. The first box has the top of the sandwich and is labeled Focus. The second box has the middle of the sandwich and is labeled Evidence. The third box has the bottom of the sandwich and is labeled Conclusion.
Focus
Evidence Conclusion
Focus
A treefrog has many features to help keep it safe.
Evidence
Conclusion
These features help keep a treefrog safe.
L14 | Treefrog Adaptations
Dear Treefrog | Color in the treefrog and write a sentence to tell how the treefrog adapts. on a leaf on a branch
A two-column chart with headings labeled On a Leaf and On a Branch.
Module Task 1
Prompt: Complete the paragraph about treefrogs. Write about two features that help keep a treefrog safe.
A treefrog has many features to help keep it safe.
These features help keep a treefrog safe.
L17 | Notice and Wonder Chart
Feathers | Write and draw one thing you notice and one thing you wonder about the text.
Notice
L17 | Informative Writing Planner
Module Task 2 | Fill in the focus, evidence, and conclusion to plan your paragraph.
A sandwich diagram labeled Focus, Evidence, and Conclusion. Three boxes are underneath, one for each part of the sandwich diagram. The first box has the top of the sandwich and is labeled Focus. The second box has the middle of the sandwich and is labeled Evidence. The third box has the bottom of the sandwich and is labeled Conclusion.
Focus
Evidence Conclusion
Focus
Evidence
L18 | Boxes and Buttons
Feathers | Fill in three key details.
A box with the Main Topic. The Key Details are in boxes underneath.
Main Topic
Key Detail
Key Detail
Key Detail
L19 | Boxes and Buttons
“Kinds
of Feathers” | Fill in two key details and the main topic.
A box with the Main Topic. The Key Details are in boxes underneath.
Main Topic
Key Detail
Key Detail
L20 | Making Comparisons
Feathers | Select the sandgrouse or American bittern. Write to tell how the bird’s feathers are like a sponge or a scrub brush.
Module Task 2
Prompt: Write a paragraph to tell about two ways birds use their feathers.
ArTs & LeTTers
L21 | Language Practice
Nouns and Verbs | Circle and write the correct verb to complete the sentence.
1. Swallows holes.
2. A bird a nest.
3. The heron for food.
L24 | Notice and Wonder Chart
Me … Jane | Write one thing you notice and one thing you wonder about the text.
Notice
L24 | Informative Writing Planner
Module Task 3 | Fill in the focus, evidence, and conclusion to plan your paragraph.
A sandwich diagram labeled Focus, Evidence, and Conclusion. Three boxes are underneath, one for each part of the sandwich diagram. The first box has the top of the sandwich and is labeled Focus. The second box has the middle of the sandwich and is labeled Evidence. The third box has the bottom of the sandwich and is labeled Conclusion.
Focus
Evidence Conclusion
Focus
Evidence
L25 | Story Map
Me … Jane | Write one event from the middle of the story.
Four boxes, with headings labeled Characters, Settings, Beginning, Middle, and End.
Characters Settings
backyard
house
Beginning
Jane has a toy she takes everywhere.
She loves to be outside.
Middle
End
Jane’s dreams come true.
She grows up to work with animals in Africa.
Module Task 3
Prompt: Write a paragraph to tell how Jane Goodall learns about animals.
ArTs & LeTTers
L27 | Language Practice
Pronouns | Fill in the blank with a pronoun from the box. Circle the noun the pronoun is used for.
she, he, it, they
1. Jane loves Jubilee. is her toy.
2. Jane looks at the book. She loves .
3. Jane sees eggs. She wants to see where come from.
4. Jane loves her job when grows up.
L29 | Notice and Wonder Chart
Buzzing with Questions | Write one thing you notice and one thing you wonder about the text.
Notice
8 Arms AND 8 ways
by Amy Tao
Hundreds of kinds of octopuses live in the sea. Some are smaller than a baby’s hand. Some are as long as a big SUV. But they all have a rounded body and eight strong arms. And they’re smart. Here are eight amazing ways they protect themselves.
1 . Octopuses have great eyesight. They watch for danger and stay away from enemies.
2 . Octopuses have no bones. They can squeeze through narrow cracks and hide in tight spaces. Some even carry shells with them to hide in when needed.
3 . An octopus can change color and make its skin smooth or bumpy or spiky to match its surroundings, so enemies can’t find it.
4 . One kind of octopus pretends to be other, more dangerous animals. It twists its body and arms to look like a poisonous flatfish or a deadly sea snake.
5 . An octopus usually crawls along on its arms. But it can pull water into its body and shoot it out a tube, called a siphon, to jet away—fast—like a balloon you blow up and let go.
6 . If an enemy comes near, an octopus squirts out a dark cloud of ink from its siphon. The enemy can’t see through the ink cloud, and the octopus escapes.
7. If it’s attacked, an octopus can lose an arm and regrow it later.
8 . Octopus spit is poisonous. Most kinds aren’t very strong, but the blue-ringed octopus’s poison is powerful enough to kill a person.
| Informative Writing Planner
Module Task 4 | Fill in the focus, evidence, and conclusion to plan your paragraph.
A sandwich diagram labeled Focus, Evidence, and Conclusion. Three boxes are underneath, one for each part of the sandwich diagram. The first box has the top of the sandwich and is labeled Focus. The second box has the middle of the sandwich and is labeled Evidence. The third box has the bottom of the sandwich and is labeled Conclusion.
Focus Evidence Conclusion
Focus
Evidence
L30 | Story Map
Buzzing with Questions | Fill in the story map.
Four boxes, with headings labeled Characters, Settings, Beginning, Middle, and End.
Characters
Settings
Beginning
Middle
End
L30 | Gallery
“Insects”
L31 | Steps in a Process Flowchart
Buzzing with Questions | Write what Charles Henry Turner does to learn more about ants.
A flowchart showing how one step leads to another. Arrows point from one box to the next in the direction of flow. In order the headings are First, Next, and Last.
Module Task 4
Prompt: Choose an animal from the list. Write a paragraph to tell about two features that help that animal.
• elephant
• rabbit
• octopus
ArTs & LeTTers
L36 | Informative Writing Planner
End-of-Module Task | Fill in the focus, evidence, and conclusion to plan your paragraph.
Focus
Focus Evidence Conclusion
A sandwich diagram labeled Focus, Evidence, and Conclusion. Three boxes are underneath, one for each part of the sandwich diagram. The first box has the top of the sandwich and is labeled Focus. The second box has the middle of the sandwich and is labeled Evidence. The third box has the bottom of the sandwich and is labeled Conclusion.
Evidence
End-of-Module Task
Prompt: Write a paragraph to tell about two features that help keep the thorny devil safe.
Credits
Great Minds® has made every effort to obtain permission for the reprinting of all copyrighted material. If any owner of copyrighted material is not acknowledged herein, please contact Great Minds for proper acknowledgement in all future editions and reprints of this module.
Stewart, Melissa. Feathers: Not Just for Flying. Illustrated by Sarah S. Brannen, Charlesbridge, 2014.
Tao, Amy. “8 Arms and 8 Ways.” Click, vol. 25, no. 1, 2011, pp. 16–19, https://cricketmedia.widencollective.com/dam/assetdetails /asset:90aeb5c7-c356-44df-83bc-78ee3424c0c1/false?inav=false.
Toon, Ann, and Steve Toon. “Here Come the Elephants.” Ranger Rick Jr, Nov. 2017, pp. 6–11, https://mosaiq.netx.net/portals /mosaiq/#asset/87984/viewer/document
WIDA. WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework 2020 Edition: Kindergarten–Grade 12. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, https://wida.wisc.edu/sites/default/files/resource/WIDA-ELD-Standards -Framework-2020.pdf
