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Volcanoes
Level Z
Benchmark Books
| Reading A-Z Level |
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| Grade |
5 |
| Fountas & Pinnell |
U-W |
| Reading Recovery |
N/A |
| DRA |
50 |
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Volcanoes
Informational (nonfiction), 2,415 words,
Level Z (Grade 5)
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Lesson Objectives |
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| Reading Strategy |
Summarize |
| Comprehension |
Main Idea and Details |
| Grammar and Mechanics |
Commas |
| Word Work |
Conjunctions |
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Book Summary |
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Volcanoes is a factual text that describes how different kinds of volcanoes are formed and how they behave. Readers also learn about ancient myths that were fueled by fear of volcanoes. The book gives details about some of the more famous volcanoes, including Mount Vesuvius, Mount St. Helens, Mauna Loa, and Mount Fuji. Photographs, maps, and diagrams support this informative text.
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About the Lesson |
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Targeted Reading Strategy
Objectives
- Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand the text
- Identify the main idea and supporting details
- Differentiate between the uses of commas in a list, after introductory words, and in separating clauses
- Understand the use of conjunctions in the text
Vocabulary
Content words: airborne, billowed, caldera, cinders, crater, debris, dormant, evacuate, extinct, forge, geothermal, geysers, lahar, magma, obliterated, pyroclastic flow, seismic, surge cloud, tectonic plates, teeming, threshold, traverse, tremendous, viscous, volcanologists
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