The Last Great Race
Informational (nonfiction), 1,916 words, Level V (Grade 4)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension	Fact Opinion
Grammar and Mechanics	Adjectives
Word Work	Context Clues

Book Summary

In 1925, a sled-dog team made a heroic trip across Alaska carry life-saving medicine to Nome. To commemorate this event, the Iditarod race was established. Each year mushers,with the help of their sled dogs, race across Alaska's rugged and wild terrain from Anchorage to Nome. They compete for nearly $70,000 in prize money.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to make sense from text
• Identify a fact and opinion in text
• Identify and use descriptive adjectives in text
• Identify context clues

Vocabulary

• Content words: bustling, exhaustion, frostbite, history buff, inspiration, treacherous

Book Resources

Formats Single-Sided Book Single-Sided Color Cover Double-Sided Book Double-Sided Color Cover Lesson Resources Lesson Plan Worksheets Discussion Cards Comprehension Quiz Level V Answer Sheet