The author _____________ Story and pictures by John Himmelman The illustrator _________ 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. writes the stories. draws the pictures.

Genre – Story Look for: A problem that characters solve by the end of the story. Pictures that help tell the story. A story has characters, a setting, and a plot.

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." Meet the Author and Illustrator: John Himmelman

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.

Cozy - Warm and comfortable We put a blanket in the puppy’s basket to make it cozy for him.

drifted - was carried along by water or air When Kim let go of the kite string, her kite drifted away.

launched - Moved, like a boat from land into the water The space shuttle was launched at Cape Kennedy.

We saw a fleet of boats heading out to sea. fleet - A group of ships or boats that sail together

realized- came to understand something The students realized that chicks hatched from these eggs.

Rain clouds are looming on the horizon. coming into sight looking large and scary looming -

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

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

cozy drifted fleet I saw an awesome _____ of ships today in the harbor. launched looming realized

looming drifted fleet launched cozy realized We saw a white mountain ________ in the distance.

One day Mrs. Futch ________ she wanted to be a teacher. realized cozy drifted looming launched fleet

The hot chocolate made me feel _______ inside. looming drifted cozy launched realized fleet

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

fleet launch drifted cozy realized looming This scientist will ________ a weather balloon.

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

Match the meaning to the word. looming __ drifted __ cozy __ launched __ realized __ fleet__ A.snug, comfortable B.pushed along by moving water C.caused to slide into the water D.group of ships or boats E.appearing large and scary F.understood, figured out E D A C B F

Anne Miller

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

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

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