Montigue on the High Seas

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Montigue on the High Seas
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Vocabulay for Montique on the High Sea
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About the Book
Story and pictures by John Himmelman
The author _____________
writes the stories.
The illustrator _________
draws the pictures.
Summary Montigue, the mole, falls asleep in a
bottle and is swept out to sea. When the bottle
is swept out to sea, Montigue finds himself
facing humpback whales, hungry fish., and ends
up on a ship. There he meets some mice. Soon
Montigue and the mice come up with a thrilling
plan for more adventure.
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Genre Story
A story has characters, a setting, and a plot.

• Look for
• A problem that characters solve by the end of the
  story.
• Pictures that help tell the story.

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Meet the Author and Illustrator
John Himmelman

• John Himmelman was born on October 3,
  1959, in Kittery, Maine.
• He loves nature and animals.
• When he wants to wind down and relax, John
  Himmelman plays his guitar.
• "Most of the characters in my books come from a
  picture that I've already drawn."
• "I usually have no idea how a story will end
  until the second to last page."

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Glossary Time

1. Put your reading book on your desk.
2. Open your book to the glossary.
3. When you see the word, get ready to find the word
   in your glossary.

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Cozy -
Warm and comfortable
We put a blanket in the puppys basket to make it
cozy for him.
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drifted
- was carried along by water or air
When Kim let go of the kite string, her kite
drifted away.
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launched
- Moved, like a boat from land into the water
The space shuttle was launched at Cape Kennedy.
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fleet -
A group of ships or boats that sail together
We saw a fleet of boats heading out to sea.
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realized-
came to understand something
The students realized that chicks hatched from
these eggs.
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looming -
coming into sight looking large and scary
Rain clouds are looming on the horizon.
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• Vocabulary Words
• cozy snug, comfortable
• drifted pushed along by moving water
• launched caused to slide into the water
• fleet group of ships or boats
• looming appearing large and scary
• realized understood, figured out

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Vocabulary Review

• Say the words.
• Read the sentences.
• Fill in the blank

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I saw an awesome _____ of ships today in the
harbor.

• cozy
• drifted
• fleet

launched looming realized
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We saw a white mountain ________ in the distance.
looming drifted fleet launched cozy realized
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One day Mrs. Futch ________ she wanted to be a
teacher.
realized cozy drifted looming launched fleet
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The hot chocolate made me feel _______ inside.

• looming
• drifted
• cozy
• launched
• realized
• fleet

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• realized
• launched
• looming
• fleet
• cozy
• drifted

The bottle _______ down the river into the ocean.
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• fleet
• launch
• drifted
• cozy
• realized
• looming

This scientist will ________ a weather balloon.
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Grade 2, Theme 3 Montique on the High Sea
Vocabulary Review

1. cozy - snug, comfortable
2. drifted - pushed along by moving water
3. launched - caused to slide into the water
4. fleet - group of ships or boats
5. looming - appearing large and scary
6. realized - understood, figured out

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Match the meaning to the word.

• looming __
• drifted __
• cozy __
• launched __
• realized __
• fleet__

1. snug, comfortable
2. pushed along by moving water
3. caused to slide into the water
4. group of ships or boats
5. appearing large and scary
6. understood, figured out

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B
A
C
F
D
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The End
Enjoy your story.
Anne Miller
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Skill Practice

• Test Tutor 
• Vocabulary Practice
• Helping Verbs 
• Montigue
• Montigue on the High Seas - Homophones
• Montigue on the High Sea High Frequency Practice
• Main Idea  What's the Big Idea? Main Idea 
• Plot Development 
• Problem Solution
• Vocabulary Word Card Work Interactive

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• Montigue on the High Seas Vocabulary
• Montigue on the High Seas Vocabulary 2
• Monitgue on the High Seas Vocabulary 3
• BBC - Skillswise Words - Homophones introduction
• Compound words 1  - add one word to another to
  make a new word
• Compound words 2  - add one word to another to
  make a new word
• Compound words 3  - add one word to another to
  make a new word
• Compound Words
• Compound Words
• Compound Words

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Activities for Montique

• Deep Sea Memory Game
• Maisy Mouse 
•  My Trip
• Matching Activity
• Ocean Life Puzzles
• Under The Sea