What The Sleepy Animals Do At The Audubon Zoo

I love this book! Information technology is and then fun! When Renee and her begetter visit the Audubon Zoo Renee starts to realize that something is simply not right. She cannot understand why all the animals are non doing animals things. So, Renee's father tells her about all the things the animals do at night after the zoo closes. Your students, like Renee, will really get a boot out of all the games and dancing and playing the animals practise when the rest of the states are fast asleep. But volition Renee, and your students really believe it?

Listed below are possible ideas and questions for the reading skills and strategies I recollect work the best for this volume. Use these to assistance create an awesome lesson for your students, or simply utilise the questioning FREEBIE I made.

Reading level: 3.3

Theme/subject: animals

Genre: humorous fiction

Suggested vocabulary/phrases: galloping, frolic about, bling, flamenco, tango, synchronize swim, limbo, cater, hokey pokey, Sir Elton John, content,

Reading skills and strategies:

Asking questions – these are just possible questions or wonderings from either the student or teacher

Before – I wonder what the story is going to be about. I wonder why all the animals are sleeping. I wonder what sleepy animals exercise at the Audubon Zoo.
During – I wonder why the animals are and so sleepy.
After - I wonder if her dad's story is truthful.

**Think to have your students reply/reflect their questions.

Author'south bespeak of view – 3rd – he, they, Renee
Author'south purpose – entertain

Evidence

The author wrote in rhyme.
The illustrations are very silly.
Animals don't really do all the things the story says.

Showtime, centre, end – the most important outcome from each

Start – Renee wondered why the animals in the zoo were so tired.
Eye – Renee'south male parent told her well-nigh all the empty-headed antics the animals practice at night when no one is effectually.
End – Renee didn't believe her father until they were leaving and she saw a monkey tuning his guitar.

Cause and effect

Why did Renee think something was missing from the zoo? Considering all of the animals were non doing fauna things.
According to her dad, why were all the animals and so sleepy during the day? Because they have parties instead of going to bed.
Why did Renee start to believe her dad's story? Because as she was leaving the zoo a monkey winked at her and started tuning his guitar.

Character analysis - describe Renee. Draw her dad. {looks like, feelings, thoughts, graphic symbol, how others think/run across the graphic symbol}
Classify & categorize

Classify

Zoo animals

Categorize

Past kinds (mammals, amphibians, etc.)
By what they eat (omnivore, carnivore, etc.)
By when they sleep (daytime, nighttime)
By habitat

Compare & contrast

Different animals

Connections

Text-to-cocky - going to the zoo. Having someone tell yous a story you lot didn't really believe. Wondering of something is true merely you are just not really certain.
Text-to-text –

Going to the Zoo by Tom Paxton
A View at the Zoo by Kathleen Long Bostrom and Guy Francis

Drawing conclusions – Does Renee believe her dad'south story?

Text clues – Renee tells her dad that his story was too silly and therefore can't be true. As Renee and her dad are leaving the zoo she sees a chimp wink at her and tune his guitar.
My conclusion – I think Renee thinks her dad's story was true because she saw the chimp with a guitar, only like her dad said in his story.

Primary idea & details

Main idea – the story is generally about what the zoo animals do when everyone else is comatose.
Details

Renee wonders why the animals are not doing animal things.
Dad tells Renee a story of how the animals have a party at night when everyone else is in bed.
The animals play pin-the-tail-on-the-zookeeper.

Predict

What practise you call up the story is going to be nigh?
Why practice you lot think the animals are not doing animal things?
What do you lot call back Renee'southward dad is going to tell her about the animals being sleepy?
Do you think Renee is going to believe her dad's story?

Problem & solution

Trouble – the problem in the story is that none of the animals are doing animal kinds of things as Renee and her dad walk around the zoo.
Solution – Renee's dad tells her a story about how all the animals have a party at night when everyone else is asleep, that is why they are then sleepy during the day.

Sequencing

Renee and her dad go to the zoo.
Renee gets treats and plays on the equipment at the zoo.
Renee wonders why the animals are not doing fauna things.
Renee and her dad get something to eat.
Renee's dad tells her a story of how the animals have a political party at night while everyone else is asleep.
Renee tells her dad that his story is too empty-headed and that it tin can't exist true.
Renee and her dad get fix to go abode.
As they walk out of the zoo Renee sees a chimp wink at her and melody his guitar.

Story elements - listing title, writer, characters, setting, beginning, center, cease, or problem & solution.
Potent thought – someplace in the story that the reader has a stiff reaction for case an "I knew information technology", or "Don't do it" type of moment while reading.

Renee doesn't believe her dad's story until they are leaving the zoo and she sees the monkey flash at her and start to tune his guitar. What would you say to Renee about the story existence true or not true?

Visualize – what practice YOU picture…Renee's dad comes upwards with a really proficient story of why the animals are so tired during the mean solar day. Why do you Yous think the animals are tired during the day.