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Reading A-Z Level
Grade 4
Fountas & Pinnell Q
Reading Recovery 40
DRA 40
Australia
Informational (nonfiction), 1,704 words, Level U (Grade 4)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Ask and answer questions
Comprehension Main Idea and Details
Grammar and Mechanics Adjectives
Word Work Contractions

Book Summary

While readers may know something about Australia's boomerangs or its kangaroos, they may not know about the other interesting animals, such as koalas and platypuses, or the diverse groups of people, including the Aborigines, that live there. This informative book also provides an overview of the geography and history of this fascinating country.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Ask and answer questions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions to understand text
  • Identify main idea and supporting details
  • Identify and use adjectives
  • Distinguish and use appropriate possessive pronouns/contractions

Vocabulary

  • Content words: bauxite, colony, continent, convict, depression, hemisphere, immigration, mammal, nomads, primate, reef, threatened
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