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Grade 5
Fountas & Pinnell S
Reading Recovery 40
DRA 40
The Story of Immigration
Informational (nonfiction), 1,795 words, Level X (Grade 5)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Ask and answer questions
Comprehension Main Idea and Details
Grammar and Mechanics Verb Tense
Word Work Suffixes

Book Summary
The Story of Immigration recounts the history of immigration to the United States, both voluntary and involuntary, from the earliest wave in the early 1600s up to the present. The book explains many reasons for immigration, including the need for political asylum and the search for a better life.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Ask and answer questions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions while reading
  • Identify main ideas and supporting details
  • Identify and use past, present, and future verb tenses
  • Use suffixes -ant and -ion

Vocabulary

  • Content words: destination, ethnic, immigrant, immigration, imposed, indentured, influx, native, persecution, quota
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