| Reading A-Z Level |  |
| Ages | 9 - 11 |
| Grade | 4 |
| Fountas & Pinnell | Q |
| Reading Recovery | 40 |
| DRA | 40 |
| Lexile | 771-830 |
Book of Blood
Informational (nonfiction),
1,871 words,
Level V (Grade 4)
Readers will learn that one drop of blood contains more than 5 million red blood cells, but they’ll be amazed when they find out that if all the arteries, veins, and capillaries in the body were stretched end to end, they would reach across the United States 20,000 times! These and other facts about the circulatory system are included in the Book of Blood. Types of blood vessels, blood cells, and blood types are explained. Photographs, illustrations, and a diagram showing how blood is pumped through the heart help readers connect with the text.
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Story Words
analogy, antigen, artery, bacteria, capillary, circulation, circulatory system, clot, depleted, oxygenated, plasma, protein, transfusion, veins, viruses
analogy, antigen, artery, bacteria, capillary, circulation, circulatory system, clot, depleted, oxygenated, plasma, protein, transfusion, veins, viruses
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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Make connections to prior knowledge to understand informational text
Comprehension
Identify main idea and details of text
Grammar and Mechanics
Identify subject-verb agreement
Word Work
Understand content vocabulary
Make connections to prior knowledge to understand informational text
Comprehension
Identify main idea and details of text
Grammar and Mechanics
Identify subject-verb agreement
Word Work
Understand content vocabulary
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Assess the Objectives
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