2. Review We have learned that stories that seem real are called:
realistic fiction
short stories, which have a moral and feature animals that act like humans.
We know that fables are …
The purpose of fables is to…
entertain and teach.
We found out that the most important idea in a piece of writing is called:
the main idea
information that supports the main idea
We have learned that supporting details are:
We also know that the general area that you live in is called:
your neighbourhood

3. In today’s Lesson: summarising.
We will learn how to find and learn about the most important ideas in a passage about elephants.
In doing so, we will learn how to retell the most important parts of a piece of writing.
What do we call this?
summarising.

4. It’s from a book called “Safari”
Today we are reading a non-fiction selection about elephants
It’s from a book called “Safari”
By Robert Bateman, a Canadian naturalist and artist.

5. What do you know
about
elephants??

6. Anagrams
1. trknu falc chatmos
4. earscres & selknirw era 6. lita
creases and wrinkles
ear
tail
trunk
stomach
calf

7. From Safari by Robert Bateman
Elephant Elephants like to forage in forests where they can eat juicy young leaves and twigs from the treetops. You can hear them breaking off branches and munching. You can even hear the rumbling of their stomachs.
Find a word that means
“looking or searching for food”.
2. Find a more interesting word for “eating”.
3. How do we know when elephants are hungry?

8. Because elephants are the largest land
animals, they need to eat constantly. So
an elephant herd is always on the move,
looking for its next meal. A herd can
travel as far as 40 miles (64km) in one
night.
4. Find a word that means “a group of elephants”.

9. No wonder elephants love to stop and
cool down when they find water. In the
heat of an African afternoon, one of the
best places to look for elephants is at a
watering hole or a river.
5. On which continent do the
elephants in this selection live?

10. Habitat: Forest, grasslands, river valleys
Height: Up to 14 feet (4 metres)
Weight: 7,000-13,500 lb
(3,000-6,250 kg)
Food: Vegetation, including fruit,
leaves, bark, grass
Range: Southern, central and
eastern Africa
6. Which word tells us that they eat plants?
7. Which word tells us that they eat part of a tree?

11. The leader of an elephant herd is
always the oldest female, known as the
matriarch. She remembers where the
deepest water holes are and knows the
best places to find food.
8. Find a word that means
“female leader”.

12. The face of one of these wise, old
female elephants makes me think of a
map. The creases and wrinkles are like
the mountains and rivers. The flat
places are the wide plains.
9. Which two words tell us
that the female elephant looks old?

13. Young male elephants do not live with
the females and calves. Instead, they
roam together in small groups.
Sometimes they test their strength by
fighting with each other.
10. Find a verb that means
“to go to places without having a plan”.

14. Quiz Answers: Round 1 1. forage 2. munching
3. It says you can hear their stomachs rumbling.
4. “Herd” means a group of elephants
5. They live in Africa.
6. vegetation
7. “Bark” – It is the ‘skin’ of a tree.
8. matriarch
9. creases and wrinkles
10. roam

15. Which do you think are the most important ideas ?
Quiz Answers: Round 2
1. Elephants like to forage in forests.
2. The herd is constantly on the move.
3. Elephants love to stop and cool down.
4. The oldest female leads the herd.
5. The matriarch has a very distinguished face.
6. Young male elephants do not live with their families.
Which do you think are the most important ideas ?

16. Where they live
Size
Eating habits
Leader of the herd
Young Male Elephants

17. Eating Habits: They eat vegetation, including juicy young leaves and twigs from the treetops, grass & fruit.
Where they live: Elephants live in southern, central & eastern Africa.
Size: Elephants are the largest land animals. They weigh up to 6,250kg and grow to as tall as 4 metres.
Leader of the herd: The oldest female, is called a matriarch.
Young male elephants: The young male elephants roam around by themselves. Sometimes they fight one another.

18. Today’s lesson was __________________
_____. One key idea was_______________
_______________________________________
This is important because_____________
Another idea was _____________________
In summary, today’s lesson was about_