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Use Deadliest Animals by Melissa Stewart to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

From mighty lions to creepy spiders, you will be surprised at the animal that wins the title of World's Deadliest"! Capture student attention with this high-interest nonfiction text and teach students how to use comprehension strategies to understand the commonalities among the deadliest animals in the world. Additionally, the information is presented using a variety of components, making Melissa Stewart's Deadliest Animals an ideal anchor text for teaching students how to comprehend the features of nonfiction text. "

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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.

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

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3.13C3.1D3.7G3.13E3.1E3.8C3.13H3.6A3.9D(i)3.6B3.9D(ii)3.6I3.9D(iii)3.7A3.10A3.7B3.10B3.7C3.10C3.7D3.10D3.1A3.7E3.10F3.1C3.7F

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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.

Common Core State Standards Alignment

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

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3.9D(i)3.6B3.9D(ii)3.6F3.9D(iii)3.6I3.13C3.7A3.13E3.7B3.13H3.7C3.1A3.7D3.1C3.7E3.1D3.7F3.1E3.7G3.6A

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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.

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

TEKS Alignment

3.7D3.1C3.7E3.1D3.7F3.1E3.7G3.6A3.9D(i)3.6B3.9D(ii)3.6C3.9D(iii)3.6I3.13C3.7A3.13E3.7B3.13H3.7C3.1A

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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

RF.3.3RF.3.4RI.3.1SL.3.1cRI.3.2SL.3.1dRI.3.3SL.3.2RI.3.4SL.3.3RI.3.5W.3.8RI.3.6L.3.6RI.3.7RI.3.8RI.3.10

TEKS Alignment

3.1D3.7G3.1E3.9D(i)3.6A3.9D(ii)3.6G3.9D(iii)3.6H3.13C3.6I3.13E3.7B3.13H3.7C3.7D3.1A3.7E3.1C3.7F

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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.

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

TEKS Alignment

3.1A3.9D(i)3.1C3.9D(ii)3.1D3.9D(iii)3.1E3.9E(iii)3.6A3.10B3.6H3.10C3.6I3.13C3.7B3.13E3.7C3.13H3.7E3.7F

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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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Comprehension Assessment with Deadliest Animals

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

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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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About the Book

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Title: Deadliest Animals

Author: Melissa Stewart

Genre: Nonfiction

Themes: Animals & Insects

ISBN: 9781426313103

Publisher's Summary:

Did you know that a tiny golf ball-sized creature called the blue-ringed octopus contains enough venom to kill 26 adult humans? Or why the Sydney funnel web spider is one of the most dangerous creatures in the world? In this Level 3 book, kids will be fascinated by 12 species that you hope you'll never come across! Sharks, snakes, jellyfish and more—these creatures are among the most threatening—and interesting—in the world!

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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for Deadliest Animals