U2W2+Rattlers!

=Rattlers!= skill - main idea/details strategy - summarize word skill - look for restate word strategy - context clues

http://activities.macmillanmh.com/reading/treasures/stories/story_lessonlist/51020135.html

Students can create a poster using one chapter of a leveled reader putting the title of the chapter in larger letters as a main idea, then they can add the details of the chapter all around the poster

Students can take notes on four different questions using dash facts to get prepared for taking notes, then share as a class to learn all the facts

Students create a thesis that rattlesnakes are either deserving of being afraid of or not. Students then need to back up their opinion using details from Ratttlers. Better answers model may work well.
 * RI5.8**

Students gather resource books on a specific type of snake from the library or other resource. Decide on 5 main idea questions and answer in paragraph descriptive responses. Place onto a poster using publisher, word or glogster.

Book on-line - stories read aloud
http://www.mhln.com/corsair/isbn/MMH/FL09/pe/treas_g5/treas_g5.html?chapter=null&page=null&anchory=null