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The Titanic: Lost and Found
Level S
Benchmark Books
Serial Books
| Reading A-Z Level |
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| Grade |
3 |
| Fountas & Pinnell |
O |
| Reading Recovery |
34 |
| DRA |
34 |
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The Titanic: Lost and Found
Informational (nonfiction), 1,098 words,
Level S (Grade 3)
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Lesson Objectives |
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| Reading Strategy |
Ask and answer questions |
| Comprehension |
Sequence Events |
| Grammar and Mechanics |
Compound Adjectives |
| Word Work |
Suffixes |
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Book Summary |
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The Titanic: Lost and Found is a book about the grandest ship of 1912 and its disastrous maiden voyage. The book provides readers with statistics of survivors and victims, and tells of the Carpathia, the ship that came to the rescue. Lastly, the book includes information about scientists and their discovery of the remains of the Titanic in 1985, more than two miles below the surface of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photographs, maps, and diagrams support the text.
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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
- Sequence events
- Identify and use hyphenated compound adjectives
- Identify the meaning of suffix -est
Vocabulary
Content words: contraptions, dire, frantically, magnificent, ominously, steerage, treacherous, ultimately
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