Groundhogs

Groundhogs

By Shelia Wright

​Read Aloud

Standard(s) and Indicator(s):

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.

Objectives

→ 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.​

Groundhogs

​Here you can see a groundhog.

Groundhogs have sharp claws that help them dig holes in the ground. They spend a lot of time down in those dark holes.

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Groundhogs like to feed on grass and plants. But when they run out of their holes to get food, they have to be on the lookout . Some critters, like bobcats and snakes, like to dine on groundhogs . This groundhog here is sitting up to see if there is a snake or a bobcat close by .

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Compare/Contrast Text

This groundhog is named Pepper . We feed her grass, tree bark, and in·sects, but the food that she likes best is corn . We found that out yester·day morning when she got out from her pen .

We found her in the petting zoo . She ate a lot of the corn that was there for the ducks and hens .

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Compare/Contrast Text

Draw

Compare and Contrast todays text with our small group book last week.

Open Ended

What do groundhogs use their claws for?

Open Ended

Why do groundhogs have to be on the lookout when they are not in their holes?

Multiple Choice

Where did Pepper go when she got out from her pen?

• store

• pool

• petting zoo

Multiple Choice

Which food did Pepper like the MOST?