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Grade 4
Fountas & Pinnell Q
Reading Recovery 40
DRA 40
Jupiter's Secrets Revealed
Informational (nonfiction), 1,578 words, Level U (Grade 4)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Ask and answer questions
Comprehension Compare and Contrast
Grammar and Mechanics Verb Tense
Word Work Pronunciation

Book Summary

Jupiter's Secrets Revealed is an informative book about the largest planet in our solar system. It tells readers about the planet's composition, weather, and orbit patterns, as well as its 63 moons. The book also provides details about spacecraft visits and telescopic pictures of Jupiter that have been recorded by scientists. It also poses questions to readers about what may be next for the huge planet and its moons. Photographs, illustrations, and diagrams 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
  • Identify details to compare and contrast information in text
  • Recognize irregular past-tense verbs in text
  • Understand how to read pronunciations in parentheses

Vocabulary

  • Content words: asteroids, astronomer, astronomy, atmosphere, axis, comet, craters, diameter, ecliptic, equator, helium, hurricanes, hydrogen, Jupiter, magnetic field, Mars, Mercury, meteoroids, molecules, Neptune, orbit, Pluto, radio waves, Saturn, solar system, Uranus, Venus
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