•
ATOS:
0.6
•
GRL:
C
•
Word Count:
31
•
Curriculum Connections:
animals, habitats
Skills to Teach
•
High-Frequency Words:
a, has, I, is, it, see, the
•
Content Words:
baby, deer, drinks, eats, fawn, grows,
hides, learns, loses, spots, walks
•
Punctuation:
periods
•
Word Study:
long /e/, spelled
ee
(
see
,
deer
), spelled
ea
(
eats
), spelled
y
(
baby
); long /o/, spelled
ow
(
grows
);
r-controlled vowels (
learns
)
•
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 deer fawns have spots. Explain to
children that these spots serve as camouflage. Explain that
camouflage is a color or pattern that helps something blend
in with its surroundings. A deer fawn’s spots help it blend in
in the forest. Can the children name other animals that have
special markings or colors that serve as camouflage? Ask why
animals might need this. Discuss their answers as a group.
TOOLS FOR TEACHERs
Tadpole Books are published by Jump!, 5357 Penn Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55419,
Copyright ©2019 Jump. International copyright reserved in all countries. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without
written permission from the publisher.
Editor:
Jenna Trnka
Designer:
Anna Peterson
Photo Credits:
Eric Isselee/Shutterstock, cover, 1; Lynn_Bystrom/iStock, 2–3, 16tm; GlobalP/iStock, 4–5; Sylvain Cordier/Nature Picture Library,
6–7, 16br; stanley45/iStock, 8–9, 16bl; PhotosbyAndy/Shutterstock, 10–11, 16tl, 16bm; Betty Shelton/Shutterstock, 12–13; Coatesy/Shutterstock,
14–15, 16tr.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Nilsen, Genevieve, author.
Title: Deer fawns / by Genevieve Nilsen.
Description: Tadpole edition. | Minneapolis, MN : Jump!, Inc., [2018] | Series: Forest babies
Identifiers: LCCN 2018006015 (print) | LCCN 2017061701 (ebook) | ISBN 9781624969607 (ebook) | ISBN 9781624969584 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781624969591 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Fawns—Juvenile literature. | Deer—Juvenile literature. | Forest animals—Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC QL737.U55 (print) | LCC QL737.U55 N557 2018 (ebook) | DDC 599.6513/92—dc23
LC record available at
