Animals and Habitats: Supplemental Guide 1A | What Is a Habitat? 25Discussing the Read-Aloud 15 minutes
Comprehension Questions 10 minutes
If students have diffi culty responding to questions, reread pertinent
passages of the read-aloud and/or refer to specifi c images. If
students give one-word answers and/or fail to use read-aloud
or domain vocabulary in their responses, acknowledge correct
responses by expanding the students’ responses using richer
and more complex language. Ask students to answer in complete
sentences by having them restate the question in their responses.- Literal What is a habitat? (a place that has food, water, and
shelter for a living thing) - Inferential Describe Rattenborough’s habitat. (lives under
steps in an alley; gets food from the trash cans; gets water
from the drains and pipes) - Inferential Would Rattenborough be able to live in his habitat
without food, water, or shelter? Why or why not? (No, he
needs food, water, and shelter to survive because he is a
living creature.) - Inferential Why can’t all plants and animals live in every place
on earth? (They have to live in a place that provides the
kind of food, water, and shelter that they need to stay alive.
Animals and plants live in a place that is just right for them.) - Evaluative Describe your habitat. Where do you fi nd food,
water, and shelter in your habitat? (Answers may vary.)
[Please continue to model the Think Pair Share process for students,
as necessary, and scaffold students in their use of the process.]
I am going to ask a question. I will give you a minute to think about
the question, and then I will ask you to turn to your neighbor and
discuss the question. Finally, I will call on several of you to share
what you discussed with your partner. - Evaluative Think Pair Share: Compare your habitat with
Rattenborough’s habitat. Think about food, water, and shelter. How
is your habitat the same and/or different? (Answers may vary.)