Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Fantasy (fiction), 1,107 words, Level O (Grade 2), Fiction Series, Lexile 540L
Tommy and his friends visit the rainforest to find out why their friend, Bongo the monkey, is homesick. RK-5 transports them to Malaysia. Trouble begins when a mother orangutan whisks Bongo away and disappears into the rainforest canopy. A kind man at the Orangutan Center helps them out, and Bongo decides that he is happier living with the friends after all.