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Lesson 286Confident Reader10–15 minutes

Lesson 286: STEM Story – Animal

Focus: STEM: animal

Objective

What we'll learn

Read a short STEM passage about animal and answer comprehension questions.

For grown-ups

Parent & teacher intro

Scientists, engineers, and mathematicians read every day. Today we read like a scientist about animal!

Warm-up

Interactive phonics activity

Read the STEM passage twice. Look for the key word animal.

Words

Word list

animalanimalstarinsectmachinesubtract

Practice

Example sentences

  • I can see the animal.
  • We can see the animal.
  • You can see the star.
  • They can see the insect.

Story time

Ivy and the Animal

Ivy went to the school. Ivy saw a animal and a animal.

"Look!" said Ivy. "The star is by the insect."

Kai came to help. Together they played with the machine and the subtract.

At the end of the day, Ivy and Kai smiled. What a wonderful STEM: animal adventure!

Check for understanding

Comprehension questions

1. Where did Ivy go?

2. What did Ivy see first?

3. How did the story end?

STEM word of the day

🔬 experiment

Meaning: a test to find out how something works

Example: In our experiment, we watched ice melt.

Review

Vocabulary review

  • machineA machine is something we can talk about or see.
  • subtractA subtract is something we can talk about or see.
  • animalA animal is something we can talk about or see.
  • animalA animal is something we can talk about or see.

Play

Fun challenge

Pick the word that finishes the sentence.

I see a _____ .

I see a _____ .

I see a _____ .

Stretch

Try more words

animalstarinsectmachinesubtract