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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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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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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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You need to be _________ when you jump on a trampoline.
shook
quietly
careful
fire
against
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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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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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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