Cranes and Spoonbills

Cranes and Spoonbills

Read Aloud​

By Shelia Wright

​​​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):

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→ 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.

Objectives:

Cranes and Spoonbills

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A sandhill crane has long legs, a dark, pointed bill, and a red spot next to its bill . Sandhill cranes are found in wetlands . They like to hunt for frogs, snakes, and insects.

Those are sandhill cranes. In fact, that’s a mom and a dad with their chicks . When sandhill cranes mate, they tilt their bills up and make hooting sounds. Then the mom and dad make a nest. The mom sits on the eggs for 4 weeks until the chicks are born .

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Compare/Contrast Text

That’s a spoonbill . He has that name because his bill is shaped like a spoon .

The spoonbill wades in pools to get his food. He swings his bill back and forth . If he feels an insect swimming inside his bill, he snaps it shut .

When spoon·bills mate, they make a nest. When the chicks are born, they can’t see. The mom and dad have to care for them until they can see .

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Compare/Contrast Text

Multiple Choice

A sandhill crane has ____ legs.

• long

• short

Multiple Choice

Cranes live in the ...

• wetlands

• desert

• ocean

• arctic

Multiple Choice

The spoonbill has that name because his bill is shaped like a ___?

• fork

• plate

• spoon

Multiple Choice

The author states "He swings his bill back and forth . If he feels an insect swimming inside his bill.."

What will the spoonbill do?

• He will snap it shut.

• He will spit it out.

• He will do nothing.

Draw

Draw 1 thing a sandhill crane likes to hunt for.

Draw

What is one way Cranes and Spoonbills are different?