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Plate Tectonics
Level Y
Benchmark Books
| Reading A-Z Level |
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| Grade |
5 |
| Fountas & Pinnell |
T |
| Reading Recovery |
40 |
| DRA |
40 |
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Plate Tectonics
Informational (nonfiction), 1,933 words,
Level Y (Grade 5)
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Lesson Objectives |
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| Reading Strategy |
Ask and answer questions |
| Comprehension |
Main Idea and Details |
| Grammar and Mechanics |
Prepositions |
| Word Work |
Synonyms and Antonyms |
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Book Summary |
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Plate Tectonics explains how and why the Earth has changed over millions of years. Written in understandable terms and filled with interesting facts about geological events, this book helps readers appreciate our remarkable planet.
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About the Lesson |
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Targeted Reading Strategy
Objectives
- Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions to understand text
- Identify main ideas and supporting details
- Identify and use prepositions and prepositional phrases
- Locate synonyms and antonyms in a thesaurus
Vocabulary
Content words: continental drift, continental plates, core, crust, global mid-ocean ridge, magma, mantle, oceanic plates, pangaea, plates, ring of fire, tectonic plates, trenches
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