Skeletons

Children ask numerous questions. But in the book Skeletons they will have some of their questions answered. Does a fish have a skeleton. Does a chicken have a skeleton? What about a bat or a snake? Skeletons uses text and illustrations to show the various skeletons that animals have.The features of this book are:

• The use of photographs and diagrams to support the text.
• The repetitive structure of the text to reinforce vocabulary.
• The use of compound words:- “inside” and “outside”.
• The repetition of the “sk” blend:- “skeleton”.
• The use of the exclamation mark.
• The high-frequency words:- “A”, “it”, “on”, and “the”.

Skeletons can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce the following skills and strategies:

• Using visual clues to monitor that reading is making sense
• Blending sounds together to make a word
• Using knowledge of onset and rime to create new words from those in the story
• Incorporating diagrams to support information.Themes covered in this book are: Animals Birds and InsectsReading Level:9-11 (Blue)