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Reading A-Z Level
Grade 4
Fountas & Pinnell Q
Reading Recovery 40
DRA 40
Everest: On Top of the World
Informational (nonfiction), 1,997 words, Level V (Grade 4)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Comprehension Main Idea and Details
Grammar and Mechanics Adverbs
Word Work Words, Prefixes, Suffixes, etc.

Book Summary

The world’s tallest mountain, Mount Everest, has always provided a challenge for climbers. The climb to the top is dangerous, with steep cliffs, deep crevasses, limited oxygen near the top, and moving slabs of ice and snow. The book covers the history of the world's tallest mountain, from early attempts at its summit to modern climbers.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of making, revising and confirming predictions to better understand text
  • Identify main idea and supporting details
  • Identify adverbial phrases
  • Identify and use suffixes -able, -ible

Vocabulary

  • Content words: amputated, crevasses, summit, dehydration, edema, fault line, hallucinations, inhospitable, nausea, porters, Sherpa
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