Download or read book An Instructional Guide for Literature: Are You My Mother? written by Jodene Smith and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Babies need someone to love them, even baby birds. Early readers will analyze and become familiar with a baby bird's struggle to find his mother in this all-time favorite book by completing fun, challenging activities and lessons. This instructional guide for literature will further familiarize young readers with this well-known story and also add rigor to their explorations of rich, complex literature. Engaging cross-curricular activities are guaranteed to encourage early learners to analyze story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and more.