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Reading Recovery 40
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Believe It or Not?
Informational (nonfiction), 1,753 words, Level Y (Grade 5)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Ask and answer questions
Comprehension Main Idea and Details
Grammar and Mechanics Adverbs
Word Work Suffixes

Book Summary

Have you ever thought about mysteries such as Bigfoot sightings or the Bermuda Triangle disappearances? These mysteries, among others, are described in the book Believe It or Not? As readers learn about the events, they can develop their own theories about whether each happening is real or a hoax. Photographs and illustrations support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Ask and answer questions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions to understand text
  • Main idea and details
  • Identify and understand the use of adverbs
  • Identify the meanings of suffixes -ly and -ous

Vocabulary

  • Content words: archeologist, decompose, evidence, extraterrestrial, hoax, hover, intricate, node, Pharaoh, reclusive, retract
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