Quanitativehttps://newsela.com/articles/tortoiseshells/id/2477/lexile540L.Alsoavailablein740L.

QualitativeThislessonprovidescontentspecificvocabulary.Itprovidesarticlesthatarescaffoldedfor
differentiatedgroups.ThequestionsaddresseachoftheCCSSstandardsforEnglishLanguageArts.

ReaderandTaskHighinteresttoGrade3students
CorrelateswithScienceCurriculumGrade3

Grade3Standard1Whathasbeentheresultofthemarkingprogram?
Standard2Whyisthisstorycalled,"Playingashellgameagainstpoachers"?
Standard3Selecttheparagraphfromthefirstpartofthearticlethatshowstheeffectofmarking
theturtles.
Standard4Attheendofthearticle,ChristineLightcommentsthatthebirthofthebabyturtles
wasalittlewinforourside.Whatdoesshemeanbythisphrase?Useevidence
fromthetexttosupportyouranswer.
Standard5Usingtheillustrationandcaptiononpage1,explaininyourownwordstheterm
defaced.
Standard6WhatisPaulGibbonsspointofviewaboutthebrandingofturtles?Useevidence
fromthetexttosupportyouranswer.
Standard7WhatisthepurposeofthewordsLOSANGELESatthebeginningofthearticle?
Whatinformationdoesthisgiveyouabouttheoriginofthearticle?Whatconclusion
canyoudrawaboutthewaytheinformationwasgathered?
Standard8ExplainwhytheConservancyfeelsthatitmustkeepitslocationasecret.
Standard9Afterreadingthearticleandviewingthevideo
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEg1ybn6kk,)explainwhymarkingthetortoises
isanimportantwaytopreventtheirextinction.Useinformationfrombotharticlesin
youranswer.