Deadliest Animals Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources

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Identifying the Author's Purpose with Deadliest Animals

What was the Melissa Stewart's purpose for writing Deadliest Animals? Why did she include the details and nonfiction text features that are found in this book? This identifying the author's purpose mini lesson encourages students to jump into the author's seat and consider her thought process as she wrote this text.

Common Core State Standards Alignment

RI.3.2,RI.3.4,RI.3.7,RI.3.10,RF.3.3,RF.3.4,SL.3.1d,SL.3.2,SL.3.3,W.3.8,L.3.6

TEKS Alignment

3.7G,3.13H,3.13E,3.13C,3.10F,3.10D,3.10C,3.10B,3.10A,3.9D(iii),3.9D(ii),3.9D(i),3.8C,3.1A,3.7F,3.7E,3.7D,3.7C,3.7B,3.7A,3.6I,3.6B,3.6A,3.1E,3.1D,3.1C

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Making Inferences with Deadliest Animals

Author Melissa Stewart included full color photographs to help share the information presented in Deadliest Animals. Using their background knowledge, the text, and the photographs, readers will make logical inferences to improve their comprehension of the material.

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RI.3.1,RI.3.4,RI.3.7,RI.3.10,RF.3.3,RF.3.4,SL.3.1d,SL.3.2,SL.3.3,W.3.8,L.3.6

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3.7C,3.13H,3.13E,3.13C,3.9D(iii),3.9D(ii),3.9D(i),3.7G,3.7F,3.7E,3.7D,3.1A,3.7B,3.7A,3.6I,3.6F,3.6B,3.6A,3.1E,3.1D,3.1C

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Making Predictions with Deadliest Animals

When reading a nonfiction text like Deadliest Animals by Melissa Stewart, readers will need to be able to use the various features of nonfiction text to help them make logical predictions about what might happen next. Attending to the clues found in the Table of Contents, headings, and text is incorporated into this making predictions mini lesson.

Common Core State Standards Alignment

RI.3.1,RI.3.2,RI.3.3,RI.3.5,RI.3.10,RF.3.3,RF.3.4,SL.3.1d,SL.3.2,SL.3.3,W.3.8,L.3.6

TEKS Alignment

3.7C,3.13H,3.13E,3.13C,3.9D(iii),3.9D(ii),3.9D(i),3.7G,3.7F,3.7E,3.7D,3.1A,3.7B,3.7A,3.6I,3.6C,3.6B,3.6A,3.1E,3.1D,3.1C

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Synthesizing with Deadliest Animals

Deadliest Animals by Melissa Stewart is full of unexpected facts that are sure to change the reader's thinking about how and why animals are considered deadly. Teach students how to improve their comprehension by tracking changes in their thinking over the course of the text with this synthesizing mini lesson.

Common Core State Standards Alignment

RI.3.10,L.3.6,W.3.8,SL.3.3,SL.3.2,SL.3.1d,SL.3.1c,RF.3.4,RF.3.3,RI.3.1,RI.3.8,RI.3.7,RI.3.6,RI.3.5,RI.3.4,RI.3.3,RI.3.2

TEKS Alignment

3.7D,3.13H,3.13E,3.13C,3.9D(iii),3.9D(ii),3.9D(i),3.7G,3.7F,3.7E,3.1A,3.7C,3.7B,3.6I,3.6H,3.6G,3.6A,3.1E,3.1D,3.1C

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Understanding Text Structure with Deadliest Animals

Compare and contrast, problem/solution, cause and effect, description, and sequencing are all text structures that are used to help author Melissa Stewart share information in Deadliest Animals. This focused mini lesson will help students identify clues in the text that signal the use of these various structures.

Common Core State Standards Alignment

RI.3.5,RI.3.7,RI.3.8,RI.3.10,RF.3.3,RF.3.4,SL.3.1d,SL.3.2,SL.3.3,W.3.8,L.3.6

TEKS Alignment

3.7F,3.13H,3.13E,3.13C,3.10C,3.10B,3.9E(iii),3.9D(iii),3.9D(ii),3.9D(i),3.1A,3.7E,3.7C,3.7B,3.6I,3.6H,3.6A,3.1E,3.1D,3.1C

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Contractions with Deadliest Animals

This word work lesson plan and set of teaching resources use Deadliest Animals by Melissa Stewart as a springboard for instruction focused on contractions.

By anchoring word study to the text, students will benefit from seeing how contractions are used inside of the text before engaging in both guided and independent practice with contractions.

Common Core State Standards Alignment

RF.3.3,RF.3.4

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Vocabulary Connections with Deadliest Animals

This set of vocabulary development resources for Deadliest Animals highlights the words that are most important for students to know and understand while reading the book. Through engaging in fun word games, matching words to definitions and pictures, and practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.

Common Core State Standards Alignment

L.3.4a,L.3.5b,L.3.6

TEKS Alignment

3.7E,3.7F,3.3A,3.3B

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Comprehension Assessment with Deadliest Animals

Use this Common Core aligned comprehension assessment to evaluate students' comprehension of Deadliest Animals.

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Running Record with Deadliest Animals

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Deadliest Animals. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

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Features of Nonfiction Text with Deadliest Animals

The BookPagez extension activities are a great way to push student engagement beyond the pages of the text. Try using this activity with early finishers, with students who show a deeper connection with the text, or as a center activity.

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Identifying the Author's Purpose with Deadliest Animals (Spanish)

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Making Inferences with Deadliest Animals (Spanish)

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Making Predictions with Deadliest Animals (Spanish)

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Synthesizing with Deadliest Animals (Spanish)

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Understanding Text Structure with Deadliest Animals (Spanish)

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Features of Nonfiction Text with Deadliest Animals (Spanish)

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