1. Anne Miller

2. Author: Kate Banks Illustrator: Georg Hallensleben Author writes the stories. A baby baboon learns about the world as his mother takes him on a walk. Illustrated draws the pictures.

3. Anne Miller Author: Kate Banks Kate Banks was born and raised in Maine. When she was young, she liked to spend time outdoors. Kate Banks also liked to read a lot. She loved picture books because magical and unexpected things could happen in them. Now, she loves writing and drawing her own picture books for children. "As I grew up, I found that books helped me sort out my life." "I think all of my experiences, big and small, somehow find their way into my writing."

4. Anne Miller Look for: Parts of the story that are made-up. Information about different African animals. Informational Fantasy Some fiction stories give information about things in the real world.

5. Anne Miller 1 against - in contact with; upon Against Jake and his dog are resting against the tree. against

6. Anne Miller 2 careful - with care Careful careful Tim needs to be careful with his writing.

7. Anne Miller Fire fire 3 fire - what a match starts; hot, with red or yellow flames The firemen will put out the fire.

8. Anne Miller Quietly quietly Jan walked quietly across the room. 4 quietly -- with little or no sound

9. Anne Miller 5 Shook shook shook - make something shake The wind shook the coconuts out of the trees.

10. Anne Miller Say the words. Read the sentence. Fill in the blank.

11. A.against - in contact with; upon B.careful - with care C. fire - what a match starts; hot, with red or yellow flames D.quietly - with little or no sound E.shook - make something shake

12. Anne Miller against careful We _______ tiptoe out of the room. fire quietly shook

13. Anne Miller Amy ______ the box. fire against careful shook quietly

14. Anne Miller You need to be _________ when you jump on a trampoline. shook quietly careful fire against

15. Anne Miller Sally is leaning _________ Molly. careful shook fire against quietly

16. Anne Miller shook careful quietly against fire

17. Anne Miller Match the word to its meaning. 1.fire___ 2.shook ___ 3.quietly ___ 4.careful ___ 5.against ___ A.in contact with; upon B.with care C.what a match starts; hot, with red or yellow flames D.with little or no sound E.make something shake A B C D E

18. Anne Miller Baboon and his mother saw a fire in the forest. They watched it quietly. Mother said, “We must be careful.” Then elephants walked by and shook the ground. Baboon leaned against his mother.

19. Anne Miller elephant turtle gazelle rhinoceros baboon crocodile monkey

20. Anne Miller against careful quietly shook baboon together followed barely thundered hungry whisper among

21. Anne Miller 1.middle 2.opened 3.world 4.waited 5.closed 6.burned 7.forest 8.backward 9.crocodile 11.elephants 11.ground 12.quick 13.rhinoceros 14.gazelles 15.darted 16.grunted 17.stretched 18.overhead 19.disappeared

22. Anne Miller Sites You should be able to click on these sites and go to them. Reading Skills Test Tutor Match words with oo sounds 1 Match words with oo sounds 2 Long Vowel Sounds Baboon 1 (against, careful, fire, quietly, shook) Gap-fill exercise Baboon 2 (against, careful, fire, quietly, shook) Gap-fill exercise BaboonBaboon – information on baboons

23. Anne Miller Enjoy your story.