1. Menu of Ways Informational Readers Stop and Jot
Endangered
Bats by Bobbie Kalman
Menu of Ways Informational Readers Stop and Jot
T- Chart
Boxes and Bullets
Bullets and Boxes I
I’m learning
I’m thinking
Bats have bodies that are built for flying.pg. 10
Their wings are made up of long
arms and fingers.
Bats have powerful chests and
back muscles, which they use
to move their wings.
Bats have short legs – their legs
are so short that that rarely walk!
I am thinking that bats are like us because we are warm blooded and have backbones.
I am learning that bats are mammals and are warm blooded.
Their wings are made up of long arms and fingers.
Bats have powerful chests and back muscles, which they use to move their wings.
Bats have short legs – their legs are so short that that rarely walk!
This is mostly about bats have bodies built for flying.
Growing an idea/theory with evidence (multiple)
Growing an Idea/Theory About My Topic
Compare and Contrast
Text Features/Author’s Purpose
p ,of
In the book What is a Bat I learned that bats hibernate in the winter but in the other book Endangered Bats ,I Learned that bats that hibernate in roost are called hibernacula .I’m
thinking that when they hibernate they get very close to each other and sleep in a column to keep warm. m
I just read that bats rely on there five senses
The idea this is making me have about a bats senses is they use them to protect themselves and find food. I’m also thinking that there senses must be really strong because they use them so much.
I’m thinking tons of bats live tight spaces away from people because in the text it says bats live in colonies made up of thousands of bats. Also in the text it says that large bat colonies live in caves, tunnels, and under bridges.
In the diagram of the bats body pg 10 the author is teaching me about the different body parts of the bat. For example sharp claws and large ears .The reason the author included this is so I can see how the bat uses its body parts to survive.

2. Menu of Ways Informational Readers Stop and Jot
T- Chart
Boxes and Bullets
Bullets and Boxes I
I’m learning
I’m thinking
Main Idea
I am thinking that…
Detail
I am learning…
Detail
This is mostly about…
Growing an Idea/theory about my topic.
Grow multiple theories/ideas
Compare and Contrast I
Theory
Evidence
Page #
Theory/Idea

3. Menu of Ways Informational Readers Stop and Jot
Cross Text Synthesis
Author’s Craft- Organization
Sketch- write long
I’m realizing these two parts/text are similar/different
Sketch something
you learned
Thought Prompt
I learned how …
This is making me think …
This connect with the part/section that...
I notice the author used
structure.
I think they did this because ...
Questioning the Text
Text Features/Author’s Purpose
Summarizing I TT
Writing Long
The main idea of this text is … A place in the text that supports this is … Another example that supports this is ...
I learned...
This makes me wonder ...
The text feature is...
(How does it help me?) It helps me...
(Answer question) As I read on, I found out....
(Why did the author do this?) The author did this to ...