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Author: Kate Banks

Illustrator: Georg HallenslebenAuthor writes the stories.

A baby baboon learns about the world as his mother takes him on a walk.

Illustrated draws the pictures.

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Author: Kate

Banks

• Kate Banks was born and raised in Maine. When she was young, she liked to spend time outdoors. Kate Banks also liked to read a lot. She loved picture books because magical and unexpected things could happen in them.

• Now, she loves writing and drawing her own picture books for children.

• "As I grew up, I found that books helped me sort out my life."

• "I think all of my experiences, big and small, somehow find their way into my writing."

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Look for:• Parts of the story that are made-up.• Information about different African

animals.

Informational Fantasy

Some fiction stories give information about things in the real world.

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against - in contact with; upon

Against

Jake and his dog are resting against the tree.

against

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careful - with care

Careful careful

Tim needs to be careful with his writing.

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Fire fire

3

fire - what a match starts; hot, with red or yellow flames

The firemen will put out the fire.

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Quietly quietly

Jan walked quietly across the room.

4

quietly -- with little or no sound

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Shook shook

shook - make something shake

The wind shook the coconuts out of the trees.

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• Say the words.

• Read the sentence.

• Fill in the blank.

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A. against - in contact with; upon

B. careful - with care

C. fire - what a match starts; hot, with red or yellow flames

D. quietly - with little or no sound

E. shook - make something shake

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against

careful

We _______ tiptoe out of the room.

firequietly

shook

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Amy ______ the box.

fire

against

careful

shook

quietly

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You need to be _________ when you jump on a trampoline.

shook

quietly

careful

fire

against

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Sally is leaning _________ Molly.

careful

shook

fire

against

quietly

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shook

careful

quietly

against

fire

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Match the word to its meaning.

1. fire___

2. shook ___

3. quietly ___

4. careful ___

5. against ___

A. in contact with; upon

B. with care

C. what a match starts;

hot, with red or yellow

flames

D. with little or no sound

E. make something

shake

A

B

C

D

E

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• Baboon and his mother saw a fire in the forest. They watched it quietly.

• Mother said, “We must be careful.”

• Then elephants walked by and shook the ground.

• Baboon leaned against his mother.

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•elephant•turtle•gazelle

•rhinoceros•baboon•crocodile•monkey

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against carefulquietlyshookbaboon together

followed barelythundered hungrywhisper among

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1. middle2. opened3. world4. waited5. closed6. burned7. forest8. backward9. crocodile

11.elephants11.ground12.quick13.rhinoceros14.gazelles15.darted16.grunted17.stretched18.overhead19.disappeared

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SitesYou should be able to click on these sites and go to them.

Reading SkillsTest Tutor

Match words with oo sounds 1

Match words with oo sounds 2

Long Vowel Sounds

Baboon 1 (against, careful, fire, quietly, shook)Gap-fill exercise

Baboon 2 (against, careful, fire, quietly, shook)Gap-fill exercise

Baboon – information on baboons

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