•
ATOS:
0.8
•
GRL:
A
•
Word Count:
40
•
Curriculum Connections:
animals, habitats
Skills to Teach
•
High-Frequency Words:
a, in
•
Content Words:
clams, crayfish, fish, frogs, lake, newts,
snails, turtles
•
Punctuation:
periods
•
Word Study:
long /a/, spelled
a_e
(
lake
),
ai
(
snails
),
ay
(
crayfish
); long /oo/, spelled
ew
(
newts
)
•
Text Type:
information report
Before Reading Activities
• Read the title and give a simple statement of the main idea.
• Have students “walk” though the book and talk about what
they see in the pictures.
• Introduce new vocabulary by having students predict the first
letter and locate the word in the text.
• Discuss any unfamiliar concepts that are in the text.
After Reading Activities
The book’s text tells us that each animal lives in a lake,
but the photos can be used to gather extra information.
Encourage children to talk about the different things animals
are shown doing in the book. What other words could they
use in place of “live” or “in a lake”? For example, “Frogs jump
in a lake,” “Fish swim in a lake,” or even “Turtles rest on a log.”
Write their suggestions on the board.
TOOLS FOR TEACHERs
Tadpole Books are published by Jump!, 5357 Penn Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55419,
Copyright ©2018 Jump. International copyright reserved in all countries. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without
written permission from the publisher.
Editorial:
Hundred Acre Words, LLC
Designer:
Anna Peterson
Photo Credits:
Alamy: Jelger Herder, cover; Robert Pickett, 8–9; WILDLIFE GmbH, 4–5. Dreamstime: Brian Kushner,12–13. Getty: E R DEGGINGER,
2–3; Joe McDonald,14–15; Piotr Naskrecki/Nature Picture Library,10–11. Shutterstock: Dmitry Naumov,1; Yimmyphotography, 6–7.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Fretland VanVoorst, Jenny, 1972– author.
Title: Who lives in a lake? / by Jenny Fretland VanVoorst.
Description: Minneapolis, MN: Jump!, Inc., [2017] | Series: Who lives here? | Audience: Ages 3–6. | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017023536 (print) | LCCN 2017022494 (ebook) | ISBN 9781624967245 (ebook) | ISBN 9781620319512 (hardcover: alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781620319529 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Lake animals—Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC QL146 (print) | LCC QL146 .F74 2017 (ebook) | DDC 591.763/6—dc23
LC record available at
