Big Cats

Big Cats

By Shelia Wright

Read Aloud​

​Literary

RL.MC.5.1 Ask and answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions to demonstrate understanding of a text; use key details to make inferences and draw conclusions in texts heard or read. 

RL.MC.5.2 Make predictions using prior knowledge, pictures, illustrations, title, and information about author and illustrator.

RL.MC.7.1 Retell text, including beginning, middle, and end; use key details to determine the theme in a text heard or read. 

RL.MC.7.2 Read or listen closely to compare and contrast familiar texts and texts in author and genre studies

Informational

RI.MC.5.1 Ask and answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions to demonstrate understanding of a text; use key details to make inferences and draw conclusions in texts heard or read. 

RI.MC.5.2 Make predictions using prior knowledge, pictures, illustrations, title, and information about author and illustrator.

RI.MC.7.1 Compare and contrast topics or ideas within a thematic or author study heard, read, or viewed.

​​Standard(s) and Indicator(s):

→ I can ask and answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions to demonstrate understanding of text.

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→ I can compare and contrast texts in a specific genre or by a specific author.

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Objectives:

Big Cats

Do you like cats? If you do, look there in the grass. Do you see the cat?

That is not the sort of cat that you keep in your home and feed cat food . That is a bobcat .

Bobcats are good hunters . They hunt rabbits, rats, and sometimes deer and sheep .

That bobcat’s name is Robert, or Bob for short . Get it?

Comparing/Contrasting Text

If you look up on that rock, you will see a cat that’s bigger than a bob·at . It’s a panther .

Pan·thers can have spots . They can be tan, too . Here at the Green Fern Zoo, we have two black panthers . The name of this one is Jet .

Comparing/Contrasting Text

That’s Jet’s sister, Flash, up on the tree branch . Flash has strong legs that help her run fast . She has sharp teeth and sharp claws that help her hunt rabbits and deer . She can use her claws to scamper up a tree if she needs to .

You can see that she is not all black like Jet . She has some spots .

Comparing/Contrasting Text

Open Ended

Can you keep a bobcat in your home? Why or why not?

Multiple Select

Panthers can be ....

**Choose ALL that apply**

Open Ended

Compare how is a panther and a bobcat the same?

Open Ended

Contrast how is a panther and a bobcat are different?

Use a specific example from the text.*