LESSON 7 TEACHER’S GUIDE
Animal Talk
by Jack Wilkins
Fountas-Pinnell Level C
Nonfiction
Selection Summary
The reader is asked to tell how wild animals, farm animals, and pets
sound when they make noises.
Number of Words: 56
Characteristics of the Text
Genre
Text Structure
Content
Themes and Ideas
Language and
Literary Features
Sentence Complexity
Vocabulary
Words
Illustrations
Book and Print Features
• Nonfiction
• Imperative statements
• Different animal featured on each page
• Various animal sounds
• Wild animals, farm animals, and pets
• All animals make sounds.
• Each kind of animal makes a different sound.
• Repetition
• Simple sentence pattern repeats on most pages: Tell how a ___ sounds.
• Animal names: lion, bear, tiger, duck, cow, pig, birds
• Highlighted high-frequency words: animal, how, make, of, some, why
• One-syllable words, except for lion, tiger, animal
• Photographs support the text.
• Nine pages of text; framed photos on every page
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Animal Talk
by Jack Wilkins
Build Background
Read the title to the children and talk with them about the animal in the cover illustration.
Help children use their knowledge of animals, asking questions such as the following:
What do you think the title means? How do animals “talk” to each other? What animal
sounds do you know?
Introduce the Text
Guide children through the text helping with unfamiliar words so they can read the text
successfully. Here are some suggestions:
Page 2: Explain that this book is called Animal Talk because the author asks the
reader to tell about the sounds different animals make.
Suggested language: Turn to page 2. What do you see in the photo? Yes, it’s a lion
and he is making a loud sound! So the author says: Tell how a lion sounds. Say
how. What letter would you see first in how? Find how and put your finger under
it as you say the word. Now tell how a lion sounds. Let me hear you roar like this
lion!
Page 3: On each page, the author asks you to tell how the animal in the photo
sounds. What is the animal on this page? Yes, this is a very big bear! Now let me
hear the sound a bear can make. A bear this big would be very loud!
Page 8: What animal is this? The author says: Tell a sound this animal can make.
Can you tell me what sound this tiny kitten is making?
Now turn back to the beginning of the book and read to find out about all the
noisy animals.
Words to Know
Have children turn to the Words to Know at the back of the book. Read each word aloud and
then together. Explain any unknown words. Tell children to look for these words as they read.
Words to Know
animal
how
Grade 1
make
of
2
some
why
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Read
Now have children read Animal Talk softly while pointing under each word. Observe
children as they read.
Respond to the Text
Personal Response
Ask children to share their personal responses to the book. Begin by asking what they
liked best about the book, or what they found interesting.
Suggested language: What animal sounds have you heard? What sounds would you
like to hear?
Ways of Thinking
As you discuss the text, help children understand these teaching points:
Thinking Within the Text
Thinking Beyond the Text
Thinking About the Text
• The author asks the reader to tell
how different animals sound.
• Each kind of animal makes a
different sound.
• The author repeats the same
sentence pattern on many pages.
• The animals are wild animals,
farm animals, and pets.
• Learning about animals is
interesting.
• The photos help readers
understand the text and imagine
the noises the animals make.
• Animals “talk” with sounds.
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Choices for Support
Concepts of Print
Be sure children understand the concept of sentence. Have them slide a finger under each
sentence in the book.
Phonemic Awareness and Word Work
Provide practice as needed with words and sounds, using one of the following activities:
• Beginning Sounds Materials: pairs of words. Have children raise their hands if the
words begin with the same sound, and keep their hands in their laps if the beginning
sound is different. Say pairs of words, for example, bear/bird; tiger/lion; dog/duck; pig/
cat; kitten/cow.
• Tracing Letters Materials: magnetic or cardboard letters or letter cards. Have children
choose a letter, say the name, and trace the letter.
• ABC Materials: magnetic or cardboard letters or letter cards. Have children choose
letters and put them in ABC order.
Grade 1
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Writing About Reading
Vocabulary Practice
Read the directions and have children complete the Vocabulary questions on BLM 7.1.
Responding
Have children complete the vocabulary activities on page 11.
Building Vocabulary
Animal Names
Build on the variety of animal names in Animal Talk.
Suggested language: Let’s think about how other animals talk. What are some other
animals that make special sounds? As children make suggestions, write their words
and sentences on the board or on a large strip of paper. Begin the list with the sentence
pattern: We can tell the sound a _____ makes.
(Possible suggestions: chicken, goat, mouse, parrot, elephant, horse)
After children have made their suggestions, read the list aloud together, pointing to each
word. Look at all the animals who make sounds!
Writing Prompt
Read aloud the following prompt. Have children draw and write their response, using the
writing prompt on page 6.
Draw a picture of an animal making a loud noise.
Now write about the animal and the sound it makes.
Grade 1
4
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English Language Learners
Cultural Support The animals in this book fall into three categories: wild animals,
farm animals, and pets. Children from some cultures may not be familiar with all three
types of animals. Help children understand how they differ, and help them put each of the
animals mentioned in the book into the appropriate category.
Oral Language Development
Check the children’s comprehension, using a dialogue that best matches their
English proficiency level. Speaker 1 is the teacher, Speaker 2 is the child.
Beginning/ Early Intermediate
Intermediate
Early Advanced/ Advanced
Speaker 1: Point to the lion.
Speaker 1: What do all of the animals
do?
Speaker 1: What animals live on
a farm?
Speaker 2: They make sounds. (They
“talk.”)
Speaker 2: A pig, a cow, and a
duck live on a farm.
Speaker 1: What animal has babies?
Speaker 1: What animals are wild?
Speaker 2: The bird has babies.
Speaker 2: A lion, a bear, a tiger,
and a bird are wild animals.
Speaker 2: [Points to lion]
Speaker 1: Point to the duck.
Speaker 2: [Points to duck]
Speaker 1: Where are the baby birds?
Speaker 2: [Points to baby birds]
Speaker 1: What animals make
good pets?
Speaker 2: A dog and a kitten
make good pets.
Lesson 7
BLACKLINE MASTER 7.1
Name
Words to Know
Animal Talk
Words to Know
Fill in the correct word. Use the words in the
word bank.
Word Bank
animal
make
some
how
of
why
animal
1. A pig is a kind of
2.
3. I will
Why
make
did you ask Kris for her number?
some
cookies for the class.
4. I can show him
5. How much
eat?
Read directions to children.
Words to Know
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Grade 1
5
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.
how
of
3
to play the game.
that dinner will you
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Name
Date
Animal Talk
Draw a picture of an animal making
a loud noise.
Now write about the animal and the sound it makes.
Grade 1
6
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Lesson 7
BLACKLINE MASTER 7.1
Name
Words to Know
Animal Talk
Words to Know
Fill in the correct word. Use the words in the
word bank.
Word Bank
animal
make
some
how
of
why
1. A pig is a kind of
2.
.
did you ask Kris for her number?
3. I will
cookies for the class.
4. I can show him
to play the game.
5. How much
that dinner will you
eat?
Grade 1
7
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Student
Lesson 7
Date
BLackline master 7.23
Animal Talk • level c
page
Animal Talk
Running Record Form
Selection Text
2
Errors
Self-Corrections
Accuracy Rate
Self-Correction
Rate
Tell how
a lion sounds.
3
Tell how
a bear sounds.
4
Tell how
a tiger sounds.
5
Tell how
a duck sounds.
6
Tell how
a cow sounds.
7
Tell how
a pig sounds.
8
Tell a sound
this animal can make.
Comments:
(# words read
correctly/37 × 100)
(# errors + #
Self-Corrections/
Self-Correction)
%
1:
Read word correctly
Code
✓
cat
Repeated word,
sentence, or phrase
®
Omission
—
cat
cat
Grade 1
Behavior
Error
0
0
1
8
Substitution
Code
cut
cat
1
Self-corrects
cat
cut sc
0
Insertion
the
1
Word told
T
cat
cat
ˆ
Error
1413411
Behavior
1
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