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The International T-Shirt Challenge
Realistic (fiction), 1,095 words,
Level S (Grade 3)
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Lesson Objectives |
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| Reading Strategy |
Make, revise, and confirm predictions |
| Comprehension |
Interpret Charts |
| Grammar and Mechanics |
Compound Sentences |
| Word Work |
Compound Words |
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Book Summary |
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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.
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About the Lesson |
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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
Content words: currency, euros, Internet, phenomenal, pesetas, pounds, rands, rupees, search engine, strategy, stumpers, weblog
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