January 2024

The New Year's Walrus

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Game Show - The New Year’s Walrus

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Academic Standards

 

Reading Objective:

Children will follow the story of one walrus’s visit to a town far from its home.

 

Science Focus:

polar animals

 

ELA Skills:

key details, vocabulary, writing

 

Page 4 Skill:

read a diagram

 

Vocabulary:

Arctic Circle, ice floes, disturb

 

CCSS:

RI.2.1 key details; RI.2.2 identify the main topic; RI.2.4 determine meanings of words; RI.2.5 use text features; RI.2.10 read informational texts; W.2.3 writing; SL.2.1 collaborative conversations; SL.2.3 ask and answer questions

 

Guided Reading Level: 

L

 

Lexile Level: 

520L