Mysterious Caves
Informational (nonfiction), 1,917 words, Level V (Grade 4)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Summarize
Comprehension	Main Idea and Details
Grammar and Mechanics	Prepositions
Word Work	Dictionary Skills

Book Summary

Mysterious Caves provides enough information to make the reader want to learn even more about caves. This text is filled with details describing caves and the creatures found within them, where caves are found, and how caves form. Readers may be lured into becoming a spelunker as they view the exceptional photographs.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Summarize

Objectives

• Summarize important information in text
• Identify main ideas and supporting details
• Identify prepositions and prepositional phrases
• Use a dictionary to look up content words

Vocabulary

• Content words: cave pearl, column, draperies, erosional caves, glacier caves, helictite, lava tube caves, limestone caves, sea caves, soda straw, spelunkers, stalactite, stalagmite

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