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will review how the title helps us determine what the book is mainly about. I will review that most of the pictures and text in Amazing Tigers! by Sarah L. Thomson were about tigers, which was also in the title. I will show the cover of Farm Animals (DK Publishing), thinking aloud about what this book is going to be mainly about. I will show the pictures (provided) of animals and model how to determine whether that animal will be in the book. I will model this with the pig, chicken, and elephant.

TIP: You may need to provide background information on farm animals if your students are not familiar with farms.

Ask: "How did I decide what pictures should be in the book, Farm Animals?" Students should respond that you looked at the title of the book and the pictures in the book and thought about what the book is mostly about. Then you looked at the three pictures and thought about which picture would fit with that book.

will determine whether the cow, tiger, and lion will be in the book, based on the title. We will read the book and confirm which animals are in the book and what the book is mainly about. We will discuss how the title helps us determine what the book is mainly about and which animals will be in the book.

TIP: For the Direct Teaching and Guided Practice, you may want to use a T-chart to visually display the information you are discussing. Use the title to place the pictures that you think will be in the book in one column and those that won’t in the other column.

will look at the title of Amazing Whales! by Sarah L. Thomson and think about what this book is mainly about. You will determine which pictures (provided) will be in the book, based on the title. You will cut out the pictures and glue the correct ones onto the Independent Practice Worksheet (provided) and identify what you think this book will be mainly about.