Photograph of close up of a tiger's striped fur Photograph of the selection 2 title page, “Siberian Survivors”
Selection 2 Overview
  • Build Background

  • Language & Grammar

    Make Comparisons

    Use Adjectives That Compare

  • Prepare to Read

    Learn Key Vocabulary

    Learn a Reading Strategy

    Visualize

  • Read and Write

    Focus on Genre

    Science Feature

    Apply the Reading Strategy

    Visualize

    Critical Thinking

    Reading Fluency

    Read with Phrasing

    Vocabulary Review

    Write About the Guiding Question

  • Connect Across the Curriculum

    Literary Analysis

    Text Structure: Use Text Features to Make Comparisons

    Vocabulary Study

    Use Context Clues: Multiple-Meaning Words

    Across Content Areas

    Research/Speaking

    Give an Informative Report

    Listening/Speaking

    Listen to a Report

    Language and Grammar

    Make Comparisons

    Writing and Grammar

    Write to Compare Tigers

Build Background
See Efforts to Save Our Environment

What is being done to protect wild animals and their habitats? Scientists from many countries are working together to save Siberian tigers.

Connect

Quickwrite What is your favorite animal? Describe it in a Quickwrite. Tell what you know about its appearance, its behavior, and its environment.