♪ ♪ I JUST LEARNED THAT A BOLT OF LIGHTNING IS 5 TIMES HOTTER THAN THE SUN.

WHEW!

THAT'’S HOT.

HOW DID I LEARN THAT?

READING.

WE'’RE GOING TO GET INTO OUR LITERACY LESSON RIGHT NOW SO WE CAN PRACTICE OUR READING.

HERE WE GO.

♪ ♪ HELLO, SUPER LEARNERS.

MY NAME IS MRS. KELLOGG, AND I'’M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY.

I HOPE ALL OF YOU ARE HAVING A TERRIFIC DAY.

FOR TODAY'’S LESSON, YOU ARE GOING TO NEED A PAPER AND PENCIL AND A STUFFED ANIMAL FRIEND.

YOU GO GET YOUR THINGS, WHILE I GO GET MINE.

I'’LL BE RIGHT BACK.

♪ ♪ TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO BE READING A BOOK TITLED "THE ENORMOUS TURNIP."

THE AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK IS BRIDIE MCBEATH, AND THE ILLUSTRATOR IS JO SINCLAIR.

THE AUTHOR WROTE THE WORDS IN THE STORY, AND THE ILLUSTRATOR DREW THE PICTURES.

THIS STORY IS WHAT IS KNOWN AS A "FOLKTALE," OR A STORY THAT WAS TOLD LONG AGO AND IS STILL TOLD BY PEOPLE TODAY.

NOW, LET'’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE COVER ART.

I SEE A MAN AND A WOMAN AND A FIELD OF TURNIPS.

ONE TURNIP IS ENORMOUS.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT A TURNIP IS?

WELL, A TURNIP IS A ROOT VEGETABLE THAT PEOPLE EAT.

HERE'’S A TURNIP RIGHT HERE.

POTATOES AND CARROTS ARE ROOT VEGETABLES THAT PEOPLE ALSO EAT.

TURNIPS LOOK LIKE THIS.

HAVE YOU EVER EATEN A TURNIP BEFORE?

DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT LIKE TO TRY ONE?

WHISPER YOUR ANSWERS TO YOUR STUFFED ANIMAL FRIEND.

AS WE READ THIS BOOK, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE CHARACTERS IN THE STORY, OR WHO IS IN THE STORY.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE SETTING OF THE STORY, OR WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE.

LET'’S ALSO THINK ABOUT THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS, OR WHAT HAPPENS IN THE STORY.

BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AT THE BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END OF THE BOOK.

I KNOW THAT'’S A LOT TO KEEP TRACK OF WHILE READING.

SO, JUST TO REVIEW, WE ARE THINKING ABOUT 3 THINGS AS WE READ-- THE CHARACTERS, THE SETTING, AND THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS.

AS WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THESE STORY ELEMENTS, IT MIGHT HELP TO HAVE AN ANCHOR CHART HANDY TO FILL OUT.

AN ANCHOR CHART IS A TOOL THAT WE CAN USE TO HELP US THINK ABOUT THE BOOKS WE READ.

LET'’S MAKE AN ANCHOR CHART TOGETHER.

YOU ARE GOING TO BE USING PAPER, BUT I'’M GOING TO PRETEND THAT THIS WHITEBOARD IS MY PAPER.

I HAVE THE TITLE OF THE BOOK WRITTEN AT THE TOP OF MY ANCHOR CHART.

DO YOU REMEMBER THE TITLE?

WHISPER THE TITLE TO YOUR STUFFED ANIMAL FRIEND.

THAT'’S RIGHT, "THE ENORMOUS TURNIP."

OKAY.

NOW, I'’M GOING TO PUT A "B" AT THE TOP OF MY PAPER.

"B" STANDS FOR "BEGINNING."

WHAT DOES "B" STAND FOR?

WHISPER THE ANSWER TO YOUR STUFFED ANIMAL FRIEND.

VERY GOOD.

"B" IS FOR "BEGINNING."

NOW YOU TRY IT.

MAKE YOUR ANCHOR CHART AT HOME.

PUT A "B" HERE FOR "BEGINNING ."

SHOW YOUR STUFFIE WHAT TO DO.

AND THEN, I'’M GOING TO DRAW A LINE HERE.

I'’VE USED THIS STRIP FOR MY LINE, BUT YOU CAN DRAW A LINE AT HOME WITH YOUR PENCIL, JUST LIKE THAT.

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAPER, I'’M GOING TO WRITE AN "M." "M" STANDS FOR THE "MIDDLE" OF THE STORY.

WHAT DOES "M" STAND FOR?

WHISPER THE ANSWER TO YOUR STUFFED ANIMAL FRIEND.

VERY GOOD.

"M" IS FOR "MIDDLE."

NOW YOU TRY IT.

PUT AN "M" HERE FOR "MIDDLE."

SHOW YOUR STUFFIE WHAT TO DO.

AND THEN I'’M GOING TO DRAW A SECOND LINE ON MY PAPER, JUST GOING ACROSS LIKE THIS.

I'’VE USED A STRIP HERE FOR MY LINE, BUT YOU CAN USE YOUR PENCIL AT HOME TO DRAW A LINE.

AT THE BOTTOM OF MY PAPER, I'’M GOING TO WRITE AN "E." "E" STANDS FOR "END" OF THE BOOK.

WHAT DOES "E" STAND FOR?

WHISPER THE ANSWER TO YOUR STUFFED ANIMAL FRIEND.

VERY GOOD.

"E" IS FOR "END."

NOW, YOU TRY IT.

PUT AN "E" HERE FOR "END."

SHOW YOUR STUFFED ANIMAL FRIEND WHAT TO DO.

GREAT WORK, SUPER LEARNERS.

REMEMBER, THIS ANCHOR CHART IS GOING TO HELP US THINK ABOUT THE BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END OF THIS BOOK.

OKAY, NOW WE CAN START.

LET'’S BEGIN READING THIS STORY, OR "FOLKTALE," FROM LONG AGO.

WATCH AS I TURN TO THE FIRST PAGE.

WOW, LOOK AT ALL THOSE TURNIPS.

HE MUST LIKE TO EAT TURNIPS.

LET'’S TURN THE PAGE AND FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A POTATO OR A CARROT GET THAT BIG?

THAT'’S A BIG TURNIP.

LET'’S TURN THE PAGE.

OKAY, SUPER LEARNERS.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY?

LET'’S GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE PICTURES TO HELP US REMEMBER.

WELL, WE CAN SEE ON THE FIRST PAGES OF THE BOOK, MR. FARMER PLANTED HIS TURNIPS.

WHAT DID MR. FARMER DO?

TELL YOUR STUFFED ANIMAL FRIEND.

YES, HE PLANTED TURNIPS.

ON THE NEXT PAGE, WE SEE THAT ONE TURNIP IS GROWING BIGGER THAN THE REST.

ON THE PAGE AFTER THAT, WE CAN SEE THAT THE TURNIP IS AS BIG AS A HOUSE.

OKAY.

LET'’S GO TO OUR ANCHOR CHART.

HERE IS THE "B" FOR THE "BEGINNING" OF THE STORY.

WE CAN DRAW A SIMPLE PICTURE TO SHOW WHAT HAPPENED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS BOOK.

MR. FARMER PLANTED TURNIPS, SO WE CAN DRAW A PICTURE OF A FARMER, JUST LIKE THIS.

HERE'’S HIS HAT.

YOU TRY IT.

SHOW YOUR STUFFIE WHAT TO DO.

WE ALSO LEARNED THAT THE TURNIP GREW BIGGER AND BIGGER.

IT GREW AS BIG AS A MAN, AND AS BIG AS A HOUSE.

SO, HERE'’S THE LITTLE TURNIP...

HERE'’S THE MEDIUM-SIZED TURNIP... AND HERE'’S THE ENORMOUS TURNIP.

DRAW YOUR TURNIP GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER.

SHOW YOUR STUFFIE WHAT TO DO.

WOW, WE JUST REMEMBERED THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY.

LET'’S READ MORE.

WELL, WHAT HAS HAPPENED?

THE FARMER TRIED TO PULL UP THE TURNIP, BUT IT WOULDN'’T MOVE.

HIS WIFE TRIED TO HELP ALSO.

BUT NEITHER ONE OF THEM COULD PULL IT UP.

NOW, PRETEND YOU ARE PULLING A TURNIP OUT OF THE GROUND.

SHOW YOUR STUFFIE WHAT TO DO.

ACT IT OUT.

OH!

THAT IS HARD TO DO.

I SEE THE FARMER AND HIS WIFE HAVE 1, 2, 3 CHILDREN.

BUT EVEN WITH ALL THE CHILDREN HELPING, THE TURNIP STAYED STUCK IN THE GROUND.

I WONDER WHO WILL HELP NOW?

LET'’S READ ON.

OKAY.

SO, NOW WE KNOW THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE THE FARMER'’S NEIGHBORS, BUT EVEN WITH THEIR HELP, THE TURNIP STAYED STUCK.

OKAY, LET'’S STOP READING FOR A MINUTE TO THINK ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE STORY.

WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING?

LET'’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES.

WE CAN SEE THAT THE CHILDREN, THE NEIGHBORS, AND EVEN THEIR FARM ANIMALS HAVE TRIED TO HELP PULL THE ENORMOUS TURNIP OUT OF THE GROUND.

BUT THEY HAVEN'’T BEEN ABLE TO DO IT YET.

LET'’S GO TO OUR ANCHOR CHART.

HOW CAN WE SHOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOOK?

WELL, WE COULD DRAW A LOT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO PULL UP THE TURNIP.

SO, HERE'’S THE FARMER...

HERE'’S THE FARMER'’S WIFE...

HERE'’S THEIR 1, 2, 3 CHILDREN... AND THEY HAD LOTS OF NEIGHBORS HELPING.

AND THEY EVEN HAD SOME FARM ANIMALS HELPING.

HERE'’S A PIGGY...

HERE'’S A CHICKEN.

AND, LET'’S SEE...

HERE... IS A DUCK.

ALRIGHT.

DRAW WITH ME.

DRAW LOTS OF CHARACTERS TRYING TO PULL UP THIS TURNIP.

HERE'’S THE TURNIP.

I'’LL PUT "T" FOR "TURNIP" ON THERE.

AH!

SHOW YOUR STUFFIE WHAT TO DO.

I'’M GETTING HUNGRY.

I HOPE THIS TURNIP GETS PULLED UP SOON.

WELL, LET'’S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

OH, MY GOODNESS.

WELL, WITH THE HELP OF A LITTLE MOUSE, THEY FINALLY HAD ENOUGH STRENGTH TO PULL UP THE TURNIP.

LET'’S FIND OUT WHAT THEY DID WITH THE TURNIP.

DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD LIKE TURNIP PIE OR TURNIP ICE CREAM?

I'’M NOT SURE, I GUESS I'’D HAVE TO TRY IT.

I THINK MRS. FARMER WAS MAKING A JOKE, BECAUSE WATERMELONS GROW ABOVE THE GROUND, AND THEY DON'’T NEED TO BE PULLED OUT OF THE GROUND.

LET'’S FILL OUT THE REST OF OUR ANCHOR CHART.

WHAT HAPPENED AT THE END OF THE BOOK?

TELL YOUR ANIMAL FRIEND.

WELL, WE KNOW THAT WITH THE HELP OF A MOUSE, THEY HAD ENOUGH STRENGTH TO FINALLY PULL THAT TURNIP OUT OF THE GROUND.

LET'’S DRAW A LITTLE MOUSE.

HERE'’S HIS LITTLE MOUSE FACE.

HERE'’S HIS MOUSEY NOSE AND SOME WHISKERS.

AND WE CAN DRAW THE TURNIP... POPPING OUT OF THE GROUND.

I'’LL DRAW SOME ARROWS POINTING UP, TO SHOW THAT THE TURNIP IS COMING UP, OUT OF THE GROUND.

AND THEN, MRS. FARMER MADE LOTS OF GOODIES OUT OF THE TURNIP.

SHE MADE SOME TURNIP SOUP...

HERE'’S A STEAMING BOWL OF TURNIP SOUP.

HERE'’S A YUMMY SLICE OF TURNIP PIE... AND HERE IS A BOWL OF TURNIP ICE CREAM.

WELL, BOYS AND GIRLS, MRS. FARMER CERTAINLY MADE A LOT OF GOODIES.

AND OUR ANCHOR CHART IS COMPLETE.

DO YOU THINK YOU CAN USE THIS CHART TO RETELL THIS STORY TO YOUR FAMILY?

DO YOU THINK YOU CAN REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENS AT THE BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END OF THE BOOK?

I THINK THAT YOU CAN.

GIVE IT A TRY.

I CAN'’T WAIT TO HEAR HOW IT GOES.

SEE YOU NEXT TIME!

ALL THIS LEARNING IS MAKING MY BRAIN GROW.

LET'’S CHECK OUT THIS NEXT VIDEO THAT WILL MAKE YOUR HEART BIGGER TOO.

MUSIC ALWAYS MAKES MY HEART SING.

♪ ♪ "LET'’S SING" [singing in Spanish] ♪ LET'’S SING ♪ ♪ A NEW SONG ♪ ♪ LET'’S SING IT ♪ ♪ FROM OUR HEARTS ♪ ♪ LET'’S GO DOWN ♪ ♪ SING WITH ME ♪ ♪ LET'’S SING A NEW SONG ♪ [notes getting higher on scale] ♪ LET'’S GO DOWN SING WITH ME ♪ [notes getting lower] ♪ LET'’S SING A NEW SONG ♪ [snapping] [humming] DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE NO WORDS THAT RHYME WITH "ORANGE"?

WELL, THAT'’S WHAT I HEARD, ANYWAY.

MAYBE WE'’LL SEE ONE IN THIS LITERACY LESSON.

I'’LL KEEP AN EYE OUT.

♪ ♪ HELLO, READERS.

MY NAME IS MS. CLIETTE.

I AM SO EXCITED TO BE LEARNING WITH YOU TODAY.

BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON OUR LESSON, LET'’S SAY HELLO WITH OUR WELCOME SONG.

♪ HELLO, READERS HELLO, READERS ♪ ♪ HOW ARE YOU?

HOW ARE YOU?

♪ ♪ I'’M SO GLAD TO SEE YOU ♪ ♪ I'’M SO GLAD TO TEACH YOU ♪ ♪ HELLO, YOU, YOU, AND YOU ♪ VERY GOOD.

I'’M SO GLAD THAT YOU CAME TO LEARN WITH ME TODAY.

READERS, WHY DO PEOPLE ASK QUESTIONS?

I'’M HEARING: "TO FIND OUT ANSWERS."

"TO GET INFORMATION."

"TO BE NOSY."

A LOT OF OTHER REALLY GOOD RESPONSES.

WE ASK QUESTIONS TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION ON A TOPIC.

AND, YES, SOMETIMES WE ASK QUESTIONS TO BE A LITTLE NOSY.

DO YOU KNOW WHO ELSE ASKS LOTS OF GOOD QUESTIONS?

READERS DO.

GOOD READERS ASK LOTS OF GOOD QUESTIONS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER READING.

ASKING QUESTIONS HELPS READERS TO PREPARE FOR WHAT THEY ARE ABOUT TO LEARN AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE READING, AND TO PROCESS WHAT THEY HAVE ALREADY READ.

SOMETIMES, WE FIND OUR ANSWERS IN THE TEXT, AND SOMETIMES, OUR QUESTIONS PEAK OUR INTEREST, AND WE HAVE TO FIND MORE BOOKS ON THE TOPIC TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS THAT HOLD OUR INTEREST.

TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO READ AN INFORMATIONAL TEXT ABOUT WHALES.

THE BOOK IS CALLED "WHALES," BY TOM SINCLAIR.

WE ARE GOING TO LEARN HOW TO ASK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHALES BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER OUR READING.

WE WILL ALSO LEARN ABOUT 2 DIFFERENT TYPES OF QUESTIONS: "THICK QUESTIONS" AND "THIN QUESTIONS."

ASKING AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE TEXT ABOUT WHALES WILL HELP US TO BUILD OUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THEM.

GOOD READERS ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT TEXT BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THEY READ IT.

WE ARE GOOD READERS, RIGHT?

OF COURSE WE ARE.

TO GET US STARTED, WE'’RE GOING TO MAKE A GRAPHIC ORGANIZER TO HELP US TO ORGANIZE OUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEXT BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER WE READ.

TO GET STARTED, WE ARE GOING TO NEED A FEW MATERIALS.

YOU WILL NEED A WRITING UTENSIL AND PAPER.

WHILE YOU GO GRAB YOUR ITEMS, I'’LL GO GRAB MINE.

I'’LL BE RIGHT BACK.

♪ ♪ I'’M BACK WITH MY PAPER AND WRITING UTENSIL.

I GRABBED A MARKER, BUT A PEN, CRAYON, OR PENCIL IS JUST FINE TOO.

LET'’S BEGIN TO CREATE OUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZER.

FOLD YOUR PAPER INTO 3 EQUAL PARTS, JUST LIKE THIS.

NICE JOB.

THE TOP BOX WILL BE FOR OUR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE READ.

SO, LET'’S LABEL THAT BOX "BEFORE."

MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'’T WRITE TOO BIG.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ROOM TO WRITE DOWN OUR QUESTIONS, JUST LIKE THIS.

NOW, THE MIDDLE BOX WILL BE FOR QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE AS WE READ.

LET'’S LABEL THIS BOX "DURING," JUST LIKE THIS.

THE LAST BOX WILL BE FOR QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE AFTER WE HAVE READ THE TEXT.

WE'’LL NEED TO LABEL THIS BOX "AFTER," JUST LIKE THIS.

OKAY, IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE ALL READY TO GET STARTED.

LET'’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE COVER OF THE BOOK.

WHAT ARE SOME QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT ASK JUST FROM LOOKING AT THE COVER OF THE BOOK?

MM-HMM.

YES!

GREAT QUESTIONS.

"IS THE WHALE SWIMMING ALONE?"

"WHAT KIND OF WHALE IS THAT?"

"HOW BIG IS THE WHALE?"

WOW!

THOSE ARE ALL VERY GOOD QUESTIONS.

I WONDER IF WE'’LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS AS WE READ.

LET'’S WRITE DOWN ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS UNDER "BEFORE."

LET'’S WRITE DOWN THE FIRST QUESTION THAT I HEARD.

"IS THE WHALE SWIMMING ALONE?"

IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION THAT YOU ALSO WANT TO ADD, WRITE THAT DOWN UNDER "BEFORE."

TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO BE READING "EXCERPTS," OR PARTS, FROM THE BOOK "WHALES," BY TOM SINCLAIR.

REMEMBER, THE PURPOSE OF USING THIS TEXT IS TO LEARN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHALES BY ASKING AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER READING.

LET'’S GET STARTED.

REMEMBER, GOOD READERS ASK QUESTIONS WHILE THEY ARE READING.

SO, I AM WONDERING, HOW LONG DOES THE BABY WHALE DRINK THE MILK FROM ITS MOTHER?

LET'’S WRITE THIS QUESTION DOWN UNDER OUR SECOND BOX, "DURING."

REMEMBER, WE ASK QUESTIONS DURING THE READING.

READERS, LET'’S KEEP READING TO SEE IF WE CAN ANSWER OUR QUESTION AS WE CONTINUE TO READ.

I THINK WE JUST ANSWERED OUR QUESTION.

OUR QUESTION WAS, "HOW LONG DOES THE BABY WHALE DRINK THE MILK FROM ITS MOTHER?"

THE TEXT TOLD US...

SO, READERS, WHAT IS THE ANSWER TO OUR QUESTION?

THAT'’S RIGHT.

A BABY WHALE DRINKS MILK FROM ITS MOTHER FOR ABOUT A YEAR.

YOU ARE AMAZING READERS.

EXCELLENT JOB.

LET'’S GET BACK TO OUR TEXT AND SEE IF WE CAN GENERATE ANOTHER QUESTION.

DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION?

UH-HUH.

YES, YOU.

DID YOU WANT TO SHARE THAT QUESTION?

"HOW LONG CAN A WHALE HOLD ITS BREATH?"

WOW, WHAT A GREAT QUESTION.

LET'’S WRITE THAT ONE DOWN.

IF SOMEONE ELSE HAS ANOTHER QUESTION, GO AHEAD AND ADD THAT TO YOUR QUESTION UNDER YOUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZER UNDER THE WORD "DURING."

WE'’LL READ ONE MORE PAGE.

OKAY, READERS.

WE HAVE READ ABOUT HALF OF OUR BOOK.

WE'’RE GOING TO STOP HERE FOR TODAY.

AFTER READING ABOUT WHALES, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE?

THOSE ARE SOME REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS.

ADD THAT TO YOUR SHEET UNDER "AFTER."

I'’M GOING TO WRITE DOWN ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HEARD.

"ARE THE WHALES THAT SWIM TOGETHER FAMILY?"

READERS, YOU CAME UP WITH SOME VERY GOOD QUESTIONS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THE READING.

I AM SO PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE DID TOGETHER.

I LEARNED SOME NEW FACTS ABOUT WHALES THAT I DIDN'’T KNOW BEFORE READING THE BOOK.

DID YOU?

YOU DID?!

OH, AWESOME.

OUR LEARNING GOAL WAS TO ASK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT DEMONSTRATE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEXT.

TO DO THIS, WE ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER OUR READING.

NOW, WE ARE GOING TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BOOK, BECAUSE GOOD READERS ARE ALSO ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE READ.

WE HAVE 2 TYPES OF QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE GOING TO ASK TODAY.

THESE QUESTIONS ARE CALLED "THICK QUESTIONS" AND "THIN QUESTIONS."

"THIN QUESTIONS" ARE ... ...AND CAN BE ANSWERED WITH FEWER WORDS, AND THERE'’S USUALLY ONE RIGHT ANSWER.

NOW, "THICK QUESTIONS" ARE...

THEY REALLY MAKE YOU THINK, AND THERE ARE POSSIBLY MORE THAN ONE ANSWER.

OKAY, LET'’S GET STARTED.

YES, WHALES ARE MAMMALS.

ALRIGHT, HERE'’S ANOTHER QUESTION.

HOW OLD IS A CALF, OR BABY WHALE, WHEN IT CAN SWIM?

OH, I TRIED TO BE A LITTLE TRICKY WITH THAT QUESTION.

YOU ARE CORRECT.

A CALF, OR BABY WHALE, CAN SWIM AS SOON AS IT IS BORN.

UH-HUH.

AWESOME JOB.

YOU DID VERY WELL ANSWERING THOSE THIN QUESTIONS.

NOW, I WANT TO ASK A THICK QUESTION.

I WONDER... WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN?

HMM.

OH, I SEE YOU REALLY THINKING.

REMEMBER, THICK QUESTIONS DO MAKE US THINK MORE, AND THE ANSWERS ARE NOT ALWAYS FOUND IN THE TEXT.

I ACTUALLY WANT YOU TO CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION.

WHEN YOU THINK YOU HAVE AN ANSWER, I WANT YOU TO SHARE THE ANSWER WITH SOMEONE WHOM YOU LOVE.

MAYBE YOU ALL CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE QUESTION AND MAYBE EVEN DO A LITTLE RESEARCH TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.

I WILL REPEAT THE QUESTION ONE MORE TIME FOR YOU.

I WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF A WHALE COULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE SURFACE OF THE WATER WHEN IT NEEDS TO BREATHE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN?

I KNOW YOU'’RE GOING TO COME UP WITH SOME REALLY GREAT ANSWERS.

TODAY, WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE QUESTIONS AND ANSWER THIN AND THICK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHALES.

GOOD READERS ASK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS TO LEARN MORE INFORMATION.

DID YOU LEARN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHALES TODAY?

YOU DID?!

I AM SO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.

NOW THAT YOU'’VE LEARNED SOME NEW INFORMATION ABOUT WHALES, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH SOMEONE WHOM YOU LOVE AND SHARE YOUR RESPONSE TO THE THICK QUESTION AS WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO JOIN ME TODAY.

I ENJOYED LEARNING WITH EACH OF YOU, AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

BYE-BYE, READERS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT... ♪ ♪ CAPTIONS BY FEATURE SUBTITLING www.featuresubtitling.com