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Grade 3
Fountas & Pinnell N
Reading Recovery 30
DRA 30
Exploring Tide Pools
Informational (nonfiction), 1,617 words, Level R (Grade 3)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Ask and answer questions
Comprehension Main Idea and Details
Grammar and Mechanics Commas
Word Work Compound Words

Book Summary

A small pool of water in the rocks near the ocean's edge might not seem like an interesting place. But tide pools are natural aquariums, and there's plenty to explore. This informative leveled reader explains what causes the tides, how tide pools form, and which amazing creatures have adapted to life in these constantly changing environments.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Ask and answer questions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions
  • Identify main idea and supporting details
  • Use commas to separate a series of items
  • Recognize and use compound words

Vocabulary

  • Content words: adapt, algae, gravity, intertidal zone, invertebrates, mobile, neap tides, predators, spring tides, substrate
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