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Grade 5
Fountas & Pinnell S
Reading Recovery 40
DRA 40
The Amazing Undersea Food Web
Informational (nonfiction), 1,795 words, Level X (Grade 5)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Ask and answer questions
Comprehension Interpret Charts and Graphs
Grammar and Mechanics Descriptive Phrases
Word Work Synonyms and Antonyms

Book Summary
The personified voice of phytoplankton, the most universally eaten organism in the sea, takes the reader through the various ocean layers. The informative text reveals how all the organisms in the ocean are linked through the extremely intricate ocean food web. Beautiful underwater photography enhances the book.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Ask and answer questions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions while reading
  • Interpret charts and graphs
  • Identify and use descriptive phrases
  • Locate synonyms and antonyms in a thesaurus

Vocabulary

  • Content words: aabyssal, accumulation, algae, anemone, aphotic, bioluminescence, chlorophyll, coral polyps, disphotic, euphotic, faults, photosynthesis, phytoplankton, scuttle, submersibles, trenches, zooplankton
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