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Grade 5
Fountas & Pinnell S
Reading Recovery 40
DRA 40
The Internet
Informational (nonfiction), 1,395 words, Level X (Grade 5)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Summarize
Comprehension Main Idea and Details
Grammar and Mechanics Complex Sentences
Word Work Abbreviations

Book Summary
The Internet is an introduction to the network that connects millions of computers around the world. The book explains how it began, how information is sent from computer to computer, and how the Internet itself works. Photographs and illustrations support the text.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Summarize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand the text
  • Identify the main idea and supporting details
  • Identify and use complex sentences
  • Identify and fluently read abbreviations

Vocabulary

  • Content words: bandwidth, bit, browser, byte, clients, domain names, fiber-optic, Internet, IP address, ISP, modem, multimedia, search engine, server, URL, WiFi
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