The author _____________

Story and pictures by John Himmelman

The illustrator _________

Summary: Montigue, the mole, falls asleep in a bottle and is swept out to sea. When the bottle is swept out to sea, Montigue finds himself facing humpback whales, hungry fish., and ends up on a ship. There he meets some mice. Soon Montigue and the mice come up with a thrilling plan for more adventure.

writes the stories.

draws the pictures.

Genre – Story

Look for:•A problem that characters solve by the end of the story.•Pictures that help tell the story.

A story has characters, a setting, and a plot.

• John Himmelman was born on October 3, 1959, in Kittery, Maine.

• He loves nature and animals. • When he wants to wind down and relax,

John Himmelman plays his guitar. • "Most of the characters in my books

come from a picture that I've already drawn."

• "I usually have no idea how a story will end until the second to last page."

Meet the Author and Illustrator: John Himmelman

1.Put your reading book on your desk.

2.Open your book to the glossary.3.When you see the word, get

ready to find the word in your glossary.

Cozy - Warm and comfortable

We put a blanket in the puppy’s basket to make it cozy for him.

drifted - was carried along by water or air

When Kim let go of the kite string, her kite drifted away.

launched - Moved, like a

boat from land into the water

The space shuttle was launched at Cape Kennedy.

We saw a fleet of boats heading out to sea.

fleet -

A group of ships or boats that sail together

realized- came to understand something

The students realized that chicks hatched from these eggs.

Rain clouds are looming on the horizon.

coming into sight looking large and scary

looming -

• Vocabulary Words:

• cozy snug, comfortable

• drifted pushed along by moving water

• launched caused to slide into the water

• fleet group of ships or boats

• looming appearing large and scary

• realized understood, figured out

• Say the words.

• Read the sentences.

• Fill in the blank

cozydriftedfleet

I saw an awesome _____ of ships today in the harbor.

launchedloomingrealized

loomingdriftedfleetlaunchedcozyrealized

We saw a white mountain ________ in the distance.

One day Mrs. Futch ________ she wanted to be a

teacher.

realizedcozydriftedloominglaunchedfleet

The hot chocolate made me feel _______ inside.

loomingdriftedcozylaunchedrealizedfleet

The bottle _______ down the river into the ocean.

realizedlaunchedloomingfleetcozydrifted

fleetlaunchdriftedcozyrealizedlooming

This scientist will ________ a weather balloon.

Grade 2, Theme 3

Montique on the High Sea

Vocabulary Review1. cozy - snug, comfortable2. drifted - pushed along by moving

water3. launched - caused to slide into the

water4. fleet - group of ships or boats 5. looming - appearing large and scary6. realized - understood, figured out

Match the meaning to the word.

looming __

drifted __

cozy __

launched __

realized __

fleet__

A.snug, comfortableB.pushed along by

moving waterC.caused to slide

into the waterD.group of ships or

boats E. appearing large

and scaryF. understood,

figured out

E

D

A

C

B

F

Anne Miller

Test Tutor  Vocabulary Practice Helping Verbs  Montigue Montigue on the High Seas -

Homophones Montigue on the High Sea High

Frequency Practice Main Idea:  What's the Big Idea?

Main Idea  Plot Development  Problem Solution Vocabulary Word Card Work Interactive

Skill Practice:

Montigue on the High Seas Vocabulary Montigue on the High Seas Vocabulary

2 Monitgue on the High Seas Vocabulary

3 BBC - Skillswise Words - Homophones

introduction Compound words 1  - add one word to

another to make a new word Compound words 2  - add one word to

another to make a new word Compound words 3  - add one word to

another to make a new word Compound Words Compound Words Compound Words

o Deep Sea Memory Gameo Maisy Mouse o  My Tripo Matching Activityo Ocean Life Puzzles o Under The Sea

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