noche by Carol A. Greenhalgh

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1 LESSON 11 TEACHER S GUIDE Cazadores emplumados de la noche by Carol A. Greenhalgh Fountas-Pinnell Level Q Nonfiction Selection Summary Owls belong to the group of birds known as raptors, or birds of prey. Unlike other raptors, owls hunt for their prey at night. They have special features that enable them to locate and quickly attack their prey. Various types of owls grow to be different sizes and have some different features. Characteristics of the Text Genre Nonfi ction Text Structure Text organized into seven short chapters Content Birds of prey Themes and Ideas Language and Literary Features Sentence Complexity Cazadores emplumados de la noche Features of owls Types of owls Owls can be identifi ed by their distinct features. Owls have special features to locate and catch their prey at night. Owls are excellent hunters. Narrator addresses the reader directly: Veamos... por Carol A. Greenhalgh HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Number of Words: 856 A mix of short and complex sentences Sentences with nouns, verbs, adjectives in series, divided by commas Sentences with parenthetical material Vocabulary Content-specifi c terms, mostly defi ned in the text, such as rapiña, garras, disco facial Longer descriptive words, adverbs and adjectives, such as pacientemente, biológicas, amarillento, bronceado Words Many multisyllable words some of them challenging: matorrales, fi rmemente, distinguir Illustrations Illustrations on most pages Book and Print Features Twelve pages of text, with easy-to-read chapter headings Table of contents Features of nonfi ction: illustrations with captions, diagram, map, chart, and text box Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H. Copyright by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. Permission is hereby granted to individual teachers using the corresponding (discipline) Leveled Readers to photocopy student worksheets from this publication in classroom quantities for instructional use and not for resale. Requests for information on other matters regarding duplication of this work should be addressed to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Attn: Contracts, Copyrights, and Licensing, 9400 SouthPark Center Loop, Orlando, Florida Printed in the U.S.A If you have received these materials as examination copies free of charge, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company retains title to the materials and they may not be resold. Resale of examination copies is strictly prohibited. Possession of this publication in print format does not entitle users to convert this publication, or any portion of it, into electronic format.

2 Cazadores emplumados de la noche by Carol A. Greenhalgh Build Background Help students use their knowledge of owls to visualize the selection. Build interest by asking a question such as the following: Qué saben sobre los búhos? Read the title and author and talk about the cover illustration. Tell students that this article describes features of owls and types of owls. Introduce the Text Guide students through the text, noting important ideas, and nonfiction features. Help with unfamiliar language so they can read the text successfully. Give special attention to target vocabulary. Here are some suggestions: Page 3: Point out that captions can give clues about the text. Suggested language: Miren la leyenda de la ilustración de la página 3. Read this sentence: No mueve un músculo ni emite ruido alguno. Cómo los ayuda la oración a entender el signifi cado de la palabra emite? Page 4: Read the caption for the illustration. Explain that nocturna means of the night. Page 6: Tell students one type of owl is the elf owl. This owl, just fi ve inches tall, has hecho querer itself to people. Qué cosa de este búho piensas que atraerá a la gente? Page 7: Miren la foto de esta página. Cómo describirían el arreglo de plumas en la cara del búho? Page 8: Read the fi rst sentence on this page: Los búhos tienen muchas características biológicas que otras aves no tienen. Ask: Qué características biológicas ven en el diagrama de esta página? Page 13: Read the caption. Tell students that occasionally there is an incidente in which a tiny screech owl attacks. Ahora vuelvan al comienzo para descubrir por qué los búhos son tan buenos cazadores. Target Vocabulary abalanzarse saltar o tirarse sobre alguien o algo con la intención de atacar, p. 12 apresurarse correr, p. 9 arreglo un plan o una manera en que se organiza algo, p. 7 biológico natural; relacionado con los seres vivos, p. 8 emitir decir algo en un tono de voz normal, p. 3 hacerse querer hacer que otro te ame o aprecie, p. 6 incidente un suceso o experiencia en particular, p. 13 incredulidad el hecho de no creer en algo, p. 13 presencia el hecho de que una persona o cosa esté en un lugar, p. 12 tentado sentir un deseo muy fuerte de hacer algo, p Lesson 11: Cazadores emplumados de la noche

3 Read Have students read silently while you listen to individual students read aloud. Support their understanding of the text as needed. Remind students to use the Infer/Predict Strategy to figure out what the author doesn t directly state. and to use text clues Discuss and Revisit the Text Personal Response Invite students to share their personal responses to the selection. Suggested language: Qué creen que es lo más sorprendente de los búhos? Ways of Thinking As you discuss the text, help students understand these points: Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text Owls are raptors, or bird of prey. Owls are nocturnal, or hunt at night. There are different types of owls. Owls are amazing creatures, and some of them are quite beautiful. The talons on an owl look dangerous Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H. Captions help explain the illustrations. The illustrations provide a lot of visual information. The text box, chart, and map provide information that is easy to read. Choices for Further Support Fluency Invite students to choral read a passage from the text to read aloud. Suggest that they try reading a chapter as if they were talking to students at a science museum. Comprehension Based on your observations of the students reading and discussion, revisit parts of the text to clarify or extend comprehension. Remind students to go back to the text to support their ideas. Phonics/Word Work Provide practice as needed with words and word parts, using examples from the text. Explain to students that adverbs are words that describe a verb. For example, on page 3, the word pacientemente describes how an owl sits in a tree, waiting for an animal to catch and eat. Have students fi nd other adverbs in the article, such as fi rmemente (p. 5), rápidamente (p. 6), and silenciosamente (p. 14). 3 Lesson 11: Cazadores emplumados de la noche

4 Writing about Reading Vocabulary Practice Have students complete the Vocabulario questions on Hoja reproducible Responding Have students use their Cuaderno del lector to complete the vocabulary activities on page 15. Remind them to answer the Word Teaser on page 16 (Answer: incidente). Reading Nonfiction Nonfiction Features: Text Boxes and Tables Remind students that nonfiction has many features to help readers find and understand important information. Text boxes and tables are two of these features. Explain that a text box, such as the one on page 6, is used to highlight facts and details about a specific feature. Ask students what the information in this text box is about. (la vista de los búhos). Point out that the bullets next to each fact help the reader notice and quickly read the information. Ask students to write down an additional item they would add to this text box. Tables are another source of information. The information in a table is easy to read. Writers use a table to organize several pieces of information in one place. Have students look again at the table on page 11. Ask them to read the column heads and summarize the information in the table. (Distintos tipos de búhos con su tamaño, la forma del disco facial, y si tienen o no mechones en los oídos.) Then ask students to suggest information they might include in another column of the chart (lo que comen los búhos, dónde viven los búhos, el color de las plumas de los búhos). Writing Prompt: Thinking Beyond the Text Have students write a response to the prompt on page 6. Remind them that when they think beyond the text, they use their personal knowledge to reach new understandings. Assessment Prompts What is this selection mainly about? What can readers tell about owls from reading the last paragraph on page 6? Which words in the fi rst paragraph on page 3 help the reader understand what emite means? 4 Lesson 11: Cazadores emplumados de la noche

5 Nombre Fecha Lección 11 HOJA REPRODUCIBLE 11.1 Vocabulario clave Cazadores emplumados de la noche Vocabulario clave Escribe dos ejemplos y dos contraejemplos de incredulidad. Luego haz un mapa de cuatro cuadros para tres de las palabras del Vocabulario clave que quedan. Se muestran respuestas posibles. Vocabulario presencia incredulidad tentado biológico hacerse querer arreglo abalanzarse emitir apresurarse incidente Definición no creer en alguien o en algo Ejemplo noticias inesperadas te quedas sorprendido al encontrar un juguete que creías haber perdido incredulidad Oración El ratón vio con incredulidad como el búho cazaba al otro ratón. Contraejemplo estudiar para un examen y sacar una A ver salir el sol por la mañana, encontrar algo donde lo dejaste Vocabulario Clave. All rights reserved. 3 Grado 4, Unidad 3: Encuentros con la naturaleza 5 Lesson 11: Cazadores emplumados de la noche

6 Nombre Fecha Cazadores emplumados de la noche Pensar más allá del texto Piensa en las siguientes preguntas. Después, escribe tu respuesta en uno o dos párrafos. Recuerda que cuando piensas más allá del texto, usas tu conocimiento personal para comprender las cosas de un modo nuevo. El recuadro de la página 6 dice que, por la noche, los búhos pueden ver unas 100 veces mejor que un humano. Piensa en lo que puede ver un búho en una noche oscura en el campo. Describe lo que podría ver el búho y lo que podría hacer. Fundamenta tus ideas con hechos del libro. 6 Lesson 11: Cazadores emplumados de la noche

7 Nombre Fecha Lección 11 HOJA REPRODUCIBLE 11.1 Vocabulario clave Escribe dos ejemplos y dos contraejemplos de incredulidad. Luego haz un mapa de cuatro cuadros para tres de las palabras del Vocabulario clave que quedan. Cazadores emplumados de la noche Vocabulario clave Vocabulario presencia incredulidad tentado biológico hacerse querer arreglo abalanzarse emitir apresurarse incidente Definición no creer en alguien o en algo Ejemplo noticias inesperadas incredulidad Oración El ratón vio con incredulidad como el búho cazaba al otro ratón. Contraejemplo estudiar para un examen y sacar una A 7 Lesson 11: Cazadores emplumados de la noche

8 Estudiante Fecha Cazadores emplumados de la noche n i v e l q Lección 11 Hoja reproducible Cazadores emplumados de la noche Registro de lectura page Selection Text Errors Self-Corrections 3 Sólo un rayo pequeño de luna ilumina la cima oscura de una colina. Un búho está posado en lo alto de un árbol, esperando pacientemente su próxima comida. No mueve un músculo ni emite ruido alguno. De repente, el búho se lanza entre los altos matorrales y atrapa a su presa. Por qué es tan fácil para un búho cazar en lo 4 profundo de la noche? Los búhos son aves de rapiña, también llamadas rapaces. Las aves de rapiña son diferentes de otras aves porque usan sus patas para cazar. Tienen excelente vista y picos curvos y afilados. Comments: Accuracy Rate (# words read correctly/98 100) % Self-Correction Rate (# errors + # Self-Corrections/ Self-Corrections) 1: Behavior Code Error Read word correctly Repeated word, sentence, or phrase Omission Behavior Code Error Substitution lodo 1 Self-corrects Insertion Word told lodo sc el 0 ˆ 1 T Lesson 11: Cazadores emplumados de la noche