All About Chocolate
Informational (nonfiction), 1,194 words, Level R (Grade 3)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension	Sequence Events
Grammar and Mechanics	Subject and Predicate
Word Work	Content Vocabulary

Book Summary

All About Chocolate is an informational book that is sure to make the reader's mouth water. Interesting facts about the history of chocolate, where and how cacao trees are grown, and the steps taken to make chocolate into candy are included. A "chocolate" timeline and consumption chart by country provide additional details.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of making connections to prior knowledge to understand nonfiction text
• Sequence events
• Identify simple and complete subjects and predicates
• Make and confirm or revise predictions about the meanings of content vocabulary

Vocabulary

• Content words: cacao, conching, consume, fermentation, ingredients, machete, mills, mole, plantations