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Microbes: Friend or Foe?
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Benchmark Books
| Reading A-Z Level |
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| Grade |
4 |
| Fountas & Pinnell |
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| Reading Recovery |
40 |
| DRA |
40 |
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Microbes: Friend or Foe?
Informational (nonfiction), 1,658 words,
Level U (Grade 4)
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Lesson Objectives |
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| Reading Strategy |
Summarize |
| Comprehension |
Compare and Contrast |
| Grammar and Mechanics |
Comparative and Superlative Adjectives |
| Word Work |
Compound Words |
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Book Summary |
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Microbes: Friend or Foe? is an informational book that gives readers a close look at microbes--including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa. The book provides examples of how microbes are both helpful and harmful. It explains how they are spread and how bad microbes are fought using vaccines and antibiotics. Photographs, a map, and a chart support the text.
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About the Lesson |
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Targeted Reading Strategy
Objectives
- Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand nonfiction text
- Identify details to compare and contrast various microbes
- Recognize comparative and superlative adjectives
- Identify compound words
Vocabulary
Content words: antibiotics, contaminated, cells, disease, epidemic, immune system, infection, lactose, microscope, mutate, organisms, outbreak, pandemic, resist, symptoms, vaccines
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