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Please do not read this to the students.  This is a description for teachers, about the big ideas and key understanding that students should take away after completing this task.\nBig Ideas and Key Understandings\nAll creatures change as they go through the life cycle. There are many ways to change but change is always constant.\nSynopsis\nBen enjoys going to the beach with his grandfather and one day they watch a seal being born. Over the next few seasons, Ben develops a special bond with this seal, a bond that Ben knows will last the rest of his life.\nRead entire main selection text, keeping in mind the Big Ideas and Key Understandings.\nRe-read the main selection text while noting the stopping points for the Text Dependent Questions and teaching Vocabulary.\nDuring Teaching\nStudents read the entire main selection text independently.\nTeacher reads the main selection text aloud with students following along. (Depending on how complex the text is and the amount of support needed by students, the teacher may choose to reverse the order of steps 1 and 2.)\nStudents and teacher re-read the text while stopping to respond to and discuss the questions and returning to the text.  A variety of methods can be used to structure the reading and discussion (i.e.:  whole class discussion, think-pair-share, independent written response, group work, etc.)\nText Dependent Questions\nText-dependent Questions\nEvidence-based Answers\nThe setting is important to this story. Reread the words and look at the illustrations on pages 48 – 49, then list three words from the text and the illustration that tell about the setting.\n-Rocky beach\n-water\n-habitat for sea animals\n-the seal, so you have to be near its habitat\nReread pages 48-50. The reader starts to see a relationship growing between Ben and the seal family. Where on these pages does the text give evidence of this?\n-Ben sees the mom & newborn seal pup\n-Ben asks his grandfather to help him gather fish for the seal family\n-Ben and his grandfather return often to watch the seal family throughout spring\n-The seal pup watches Ben\n-Ben cheers (is excited for) the seal pup when she goes into the water for the first time\nOn pages 52 & 53, Ben goes down to the harbor to meet his granddad. What does he find his granddad doing? What conclusions can you make from these pages about how Ben’s granddad feels about the seal family?\n- His granddad was feeding the seal family without Ben being there (he wasn’t just doing it for Ben’s benefit)\n-The granddad is feeding the fish he just caught to the seal family while playing music loud enough for the seals to enjoy also\nOn pages 52 – 53, note the last paragraph where the surface of the water is compared to a mirror.  Using the text, explain how the author shows that the surface of the water is both the same and different from a mirror.\n- the reflection is visible in the water, then it dissolves and then it reforms\n-it is a liquid while a mirror is solid\nOn page 55, the author writes, “Rain and mountainous waves wrenched great rocks from the cliffs.”  What does wrenched mean in this sentence?  Why would the author use this word as a descriptor of the winter setting?\n-wrenched means ripped or torn away with great force\n-it evokes forceful action, winter storms\nThe winter storm described on pages 54 and 55 is very dangerous for the seals. What do you think happened to the seal pup? Select a piece of text to support your prediction.\n- The seal died: “The young seals dived deep, trying to escape the falling boulders…some seals were dashed against the rocks…\n-The seal lives: The seal learned to dive deep looking -up to see fish…The","cbCaipBAdMameOvL","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipBAdMameOvL","docx",35363,"English","# Teacher Instructions\n# Big Ideas and Key Understandings\n# Synopsis\n# During Teaching\n## Text Dependent Questions\n## Evidence-based Answers\n# Vocabulary\n## Key Words Essential to Understanding\n## Words Worth Knowing\n# Culminating Task","[{\"question\":\"What are the lesson’s Big Ideas and Key Understandings?\",\"answer\":\"All creatures change as they go through the life cycle, and change is always constant. 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