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Get Moving! All About Muscles
Level U
Benchmark Books
| Reading A-Z Level |
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| Grade |
4 |
| Fountas & Pinnell |
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| Reading Recovery |
40 |
| DRA |
40 |
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Get Moving! All About Muscles
Informational (nonfiction), 2,002 words,
Level U (Grade 4)
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Lesson Objectives |
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| Reading Strategy |
Ask and answer questions |
| Comprehension |
Main Idea and Details |
| Grammar and Mechanics |
Adverbs |
| Word Work |
Content Vocabulary |
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Book Summary |
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What do you and a bodybuilder have in common? Over 600 muscles! Yours may not be as big or as strong, but they’re there. This nonfiction book explains the three types of muscles, and the functions of each including the cardiac muscle. A detailed illustration explains how an electric charge causes the heart to contract. Photographs enhance the text.
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About the Lesson |
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Targeted Reading Strategy
Objectives
- Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions to understand and remember informational text
- Identify main ideas and details
- Recognize adverbs and the verbs they describe
- Understand and use content vocabulary
Vocabulary
Content words: Achilles tendon, deltoid, fascicles, gastrocnemius, gluteus maximus, hamstring, involuntary muscles, masseter, myofibril, quadriceps, sartorius, stapedius, temporalis, trapezius
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