1 1 5 who lives here (nonfiction)

Who Lives Here?
by Antonio Messino

INTRODUCE THE BOOK
Activate Prior Knowledge/Build
Background Read the title, and discuss some
common animal homes. Ask: What animal
homes have you seen? Where did you see them?
Tell children this book is about animal homes.
Preview/Use Text Features Preview the
reader by talking about the illustrations together
and naming the labeled items.
Preteach Vocabulary Review the highfrequency words that appear in this book: saw,
small, tree, and your. Introduce these key
words from the book: lives (p.1) and homes
(p. 2). Discuss these words and add them to a
Word Wall.

READ THE BOOK
Choose among these options for reading to
support children at all English proficiency levels.
Read Aloud Read the book aloud as children
follow along. Pause to verify comprehension and
to explain unfamiliar concepts.
Monitored Reading Have children read
silently a few pages at a time. Use the following
questions to support comprehension:
• Page 2 Where is the girl? (in her
neighborhood)
• Pages 3–8 What animals are pictured?
(beavers, bees, bird, ducks, ants, dog)

Nonfiction

RESPOND
Answers to the Reader’s Inside Back Cover:
Talk About It
1. Possible responses: Both are homes for
insects. Both hold many insects. (Compare and
Contrast)
2. The beehive is in a tree. The anthill is in the
grass. (Compare and Contrast)
Write About It
3. Children may draw and tell about a home
from the book or another one. Possible response:
Birds make nests. They lay eggs there. The eggs
hatch. Baby birds live in the nest.
Support writers at various English proficiency
levels.
Beginning Display a sentence frame such as
A ___ lives in this animal home.
Intermediate Invite children to use this
model in telling about their picture: A beaver
lives in a lodge.
Advanced Have children tell a partner about
the animal homes in their pictures.
Extend Language Suggested answers
include: home, school, playground, library.
Answers to page 10:
Children might draw a make-believe bird that
wears clothes, talks, or lives in a house. They

should show it speaking. Possible response: I am
a bird. I live in a house. I do not live in a nest.
Family Link Read aloud the Family Link
activity on page 10 before sending copies of
the Study Guide home with children. Later, have
children talk about people and places in their
neighborhood.

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Reread Have children reread the book with a
partner, in small groups, or independently. Have
them complete the Study Guide on page 10.

ELL Reader 1.1.5

ELL Readers Teaching Guide

Unit 1, Week 5 Who Lives Here?

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Study Guide

Who Lives Here?

Name

• Read Who Lives Here? again. The bird on page 5

is a realistic bird. It looks like a bird in real life.
• Draw a make-believe bird. Write what it might
say.

Family Link

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Ask family members to tell about people and places
in your neighborhood.

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Who Lives Here? Unit 1, Week 5

ELL Readers Teaching Guide