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National Parks
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| Grade |
3 |
| Fountas & Pinnell |
O |
| Reading Recovery |
34 |
| DRA |
34 |
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National Parks
Informational (nonfiction), 1,397 words,
Level S (Grade 3)
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Lesson Objectives |
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| Reading Strategy |
Connect to prior knowledge |
| Comprehension |
Compare and Contrast |
| Grammar and Mechanics |
Capitalization |
| Word Work |
Content Vocabulary |
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Book Summary |
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National Parks explains the value of national parks and explores several parks around the world. Students will learn about animals that live in a large grassland in Africa, as well as the way in which plants and animals of the forest and ocean interact in a small national park in Costa Rica. Students also will read about some unlikely places for a national park, such as in the middle of a major city and totally underwater! Exceptional photography accompanies the text.
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About the Lesson |
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Targeted Reading Strategy
- Connect to prior knowledge
Objectives
- Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand nonfiction text
- Compare and contrast factual information
- Capitalize names of people and places
- Recognize and use content vocabulary
Vocabulary
Content words: artifacts, designations, diversity, estuary, fjord, habitat, heritages, migrate, preservation, savannas
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