The International T-Shirt Challenge

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Reading A-Z Level
Grade	3
Fountas & Pinnell	O
Reading Recovery	34
DRA	34

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The International T-Shirt Challenge
Realistic (fiction), 1,095 words, Level S (Grade 3)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Comprehension	Interpret Charts
Grammar and Mechanics	Compound Sentences
Word Work	Compound Words

Book Summary

The International T-Shirt Challenge features two friends who challenge each other with weekly questions. This week's puzzler, labeled the International T-Shirt Challenge, challenges one of the friends to spend $500 on T-shirts in five different countries. Using his weblog, he attempts to get information from kids all around the world to help complete the challenge. Photographs, illustrations, and charts support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions to understand the text
Interpret charts
Identify compound sentences used in the text
Identify and create compound words

Vocabulary