Do a Quick Poll (5 minutes)

• Get your students excited to read. Do a poll: How many of your students think that their bodies can make slime? Make a quick T-chart to tally their votes.
• Now tell them they are going to read a short article about SLIME

Preview the Photo (3 minutes)

• Look at the big photo of the Komodo dragon on page 2 of the magazine.
• Ask students what they notice about this animal. Can they see any interesting features?
• Be sure to draw their attention to the slime dripping from its mouth! They are going to read about what that slime is for.
  

Introduce Nosey (3 minutes)

• Point out our little doggie character Nosey at the top of page 3.
• Ask someone to read Nosey’s voice bubble.
• Explain that Nosey is going to be popping up throughout their Storyworks 2 magazine. Not only does Nosey have a long nose to sniff out facts, but also, she’s just pretty nosy. She’s curious and wants to know more about everything. 
  

• You can read this article aloud together as a class, in small groups, or individually.
• Point out the context clues that help define the bold vocabulary words. For example, after the bold word venom, you can find the sentence “That’s poison!”

Check Your Predictions (5 minutes)

• Now that kids have finished the article, ask again: So, can people’s bodies make slime?
• The answer is yes! Give kids practice with text evidence. Ask them to show you where it says that in the article. (the top of page 3)
• Do kids think that that’s cool or gross? At Storyworks 2, we think it’s cool!
  

ELA Focus: Key Details (20 minutes)

• It’s time to help Nosey fill out her fact file! Print out Nosey’s Fact File from our website. Kids can find four facts from “The Power of Slime.”
• The fact boxes are each scaffolded to help kids know what to write.
• Kids can share their facts with a partner, the other students at their tables, or the class.
  

ELA Focus: Vocabulary (20 minutes)

• Use the Word Work printable to deepen students’ understanding of the vocabulary words slime, venom, paralyzes, mucus, and phlegm. (Can you imagine more exciting words?)
• This printable gives kids great practice with finding the meaning of words through context clues.