Book Summary
Have you ever heard the saying, "Take it with a grain of salt"? This book explains the meaning of that expression, along with many other interesting facts about salt. Readers learn the composition of salt, where it comes from, why it's good for us, and its many uses.

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 the long /e/ digraph ea
• Recognize and use different sentence types
• Identify and understand common idioms

Materials

• Book -- Salt Rocks! (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Vocabulary, cause and effect, summarize, sentence types worksheets
• Discussion cards

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

Vocabulary

• Content words: crystals, dissolved, evaporate, grains, mine, mineral, mummies, preserve, seasoning, sodium