Plight of the Polar Bear

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Reading A-Z Level
Grade	3
Fountas & Pinnell	N
Reading Recovery	30
DRA	30

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Plight of the Polar Bear
Informational (nonfiction), 1,273 words, Level Q (Grade 3)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Summarize
Comprehension	Cause and Effect
Grammar and Mechanics	Compound Adjectives
Word Work	Homophones

Book Summary

Polar bears are among the most majestic and unique creatures on Earth. But their existence is threatened, not by other animals or the harsh conditions in which they live, but by humans. In this book, readers learn how humans are endangering these beautiful animals, even from thousands of miles away.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

Summarize

Objectives

Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand text
Understand and identify cause-and-effect relationships
Identify and use hyphenated compound adjectives
Identify and use homophones

Vocabulary

Content words: fast, global warming, ingest, inhabitant, inhospitable, insulate, lichens, migrate, plight, pollutants, poses, prey, thrive, toxic