Tide Pools Differentiated Mini Books - 3 Levels + Illustrated Word Wall Cards

Use the 3 reading levels of these Tide Pool Mini Books to differentiate your tide pool unit. Includes illustrated Vocabulary Cards for a Tide Pool Word Wall or Pocket Chart

✅ Level 1: is an emergent reader, simple sight words with picture clues for the other vocabulary words: sea star, snails, hermit crab, clams, mussels, horseshoe crab

Sight Words: a, is, the, are, here, this, by, best, one, two

✅ Level 2 "Tide Pools": is a harder version, more sight words, picture clues, and longer sentences.

Sight Words: can, to, be, not, have, has, its, five, they, on, live, must, use, old, under, also, many, colors, hide, their, soft, inside, hard, does, found, because

Other Vocabulary: arms, shells, bodies, sand, rocks, floor, tail, steer

✅ Level 3: is the hardest version with sight words such as: in, for, and, come, of, into, most, well, known, more, open, such, as, that, move, very, find, other, held, together, drink, eat, tiny, called, themselves, young, food, move, deep

Other Vocabulary: variety, tubular, pry, prey, protected, crawling, swimming, floating, crustacean, creatures, outgrown, ocean, mollusks, muscle, plants, plankton, burrow, surfaces, attach, invertebrate, searches, sea worms

★ 3 versions of each tide pool book

1) Full Color Illustrations

2) Black and White for Students to Color

3) Versions for Students to Illustrate to Demonstrate Comprehension

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★ Easy Assembly

★ 8 Pages Per Book (cover and 7 pages)

★ Use for guided reading, and send home for extra practice.

Version 1 of each level: High frequency words and full color illustrations help younger learners to use their reading strategies: pictures, phonics and context.

Version 2 of each level: Same text, but black and white illustrations for students to read and color.

Version 3 of each level: Same text but without illustrations. Students show their comprehension skills by creating their own illustrations.

COMMON CORE STANDARD

RF.K.4

Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
RF.1.4

Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

RF.1.4a

Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding

RF.1.4b

Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.

RF.K.3

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.