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Lesson 299Confident Reader10–15 minutes

Lesson 299: STEM Story – Mammal

Focus: STEM: mammal

Objective

What we'll learn

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

For grown-ups

Parent & teacher intro

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

Warm-up

Interactive phonics activity

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

Words

Word list

mammalmammalengineeraddanglelength

Practice

Example sentences

  • I can see the mammal.
  • We can see the mammal.
  • You can see the engineer.
  • They can see the add.

Story time

Kai and the Mammal

Kai went to the farm. Kai saw a mammal and a mammal.

"Look!" said Kai. "The engineer is by the add."

Mia came to help. Together they played with the angle and the length.

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

Check for understanding

Comprehension questions

1. Where did Kai go?

2. What did Kai see first?

3. How did the story end?

STEM word of the day

🔬 plant

Meaning: a living thing that grows in soil and makes its own food

Example: A sunflower is a plant that grows very tall.

Review

Vocabulary review

  • lengthA length is something we can talk about or see.
  • mammalA mammal is something we can talk about or see.
  • mammalA mammal is something we can talk about or see.
  • engineerA engineer is something we can talk about or see.

Play

Fun challenge

Sort each word into the right group. (Tap a word, then tap a group.)

STEM: mammal

Other

Stretch

Try more words

mammalengineeraddanglelength