  
More Level Z
Leveled Readers
Satellites
Level Z
Benchmark Books
| Reading A-Z Level |
 |
| Grade |
5 |
| Fountas & Pinnell |
U-W |
| Reading Recovery |
N/A |
| DRA |
50 |
|
Satellites
Informational (nonfiction), 1,836 words,
Level Z (Grade 5)
 |
|
Lesson Objectives |
 |
| Reading Strategy |
Summarize |
| Comprehension |
Sequence Events |
| Grammar and Mechanics |
Articles |
| Word Work |
Dictionary Skills |
|
|
Book Summary |
|
Satellites tells the reader some of the history of artificial satellites. The book also describes various types of satellites, how we use them in our lives, and the future of satellites. Readers learn even more as they view the exceptional photographs.
|
|
About the Lesson |
|
Targeted Reading Strategy
Objectives
- Use the reading strategy of summarizing important information in text
- Sequence events
- Understand and use articles
- Use a dictionary to look up content words
Vocabulary
Content words: artificial satellites, astronomical, astronomical satellites, black holes, bus, communication satellites, Earth station, eavesdrop, environmental satellites, evolution, galaxies, GPS, gravity, high-tech, infrared, innovative, light rays, Low Earth Orbit, meteorologists, military spy satellite, navigational satellites, observational, orbits, payload, Polar Orbit, solar energy, weather satellites
|
Book Resources
|
