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Mount Rushmore Level N
Text Type: Nonfiction • Word Count: 566
1) Before Reading
2) During Reading
3) After Reading
4) Build Skills
5) Build Fluency
6) Extend the Reading
7) Assessment
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Book Summary
Mount Rushmore teaches readers about the making of a memorial to honor four of America’s most popular presidents. The faces of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt were carved into a mountain of granite over the course of twelve years. Completed in 1941, the memorial receives 2.5 million visitors each year and is preserved yearly. Photos, captions, a map, and a time line support the text.
About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
- Ask and answer questions
Objectives
- Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions
- Identify main ideas and details in text
- Understand paragraph formation
- Arrange words in alphabetical order
Materials
- Book -- Mount Rushmore (copy for each student)
- Chalkboard or dry erase board
- KWL chart, main idea/details, alphabetization 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: memorial, sculptor, granite, waterway, dynamite, overcome, Great Depression, Sioux, importance, original, preserve, generations
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