Book Summary
Shoes Around the World is a book about the many different types of shoes found around the world, including babouches from Morocco, klompen from Holland, lotus shoes from China, Saami reindeer boots from Lapland, cowboy boots from Australia, and sandals from Africa. Each chapter is dedicated to describing a different kind of shoe, listing its unique characteristics. Photographs and maps support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Summarize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand text
• Identify details to compare and contrast different types of shoes
• Identify and use contractions
• Understand how to read pronunciations in parentheses

Materials

• Book -- Shoes Around the World (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Index cards, world map
• Compare and contrast, contractions, pronunciation worksheets

    Indicates an opportunity for student to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reusable.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: Arctic Circle, Australia, babouches, bandages, cactuses, China, comfortable, cowboy, Finland, Holland, klompen, Lapland, lotus, Morocco, Norway, reindeer, Russia, Saami, saddle, soles, stirrups, Sweden, West Africa