What is the main topic?

How do the people keep the turtle eggs from danger?

Will the egg hatch?

Will the Turtle nest remain safe?

Student Think Aloud

I have already read about many creatures that want to eat her.

I predict she will face more predators in the ocean, such as ...................

Other dangers might also be .........................

How do humans affect what the turtle knows is right?

What do you think will happen with the sharks?

Which sentence shows that?

Why does the author say “no hands can help her now” on page 178?

The illustration shows the turtle swimming out of a large hole in the fishing net. The escape hatch is .............................. that is big enough for turtle to swim out.

the net comes from a boat that is fishing for .............................

The shrimp fishermen sewed the hatch so turtles and other large creatures could escape the net.