Book Summary
Whether readers have ever gone fishing or not, they will be "hooked" by the interesting information in Salmon: A Link in the Food Chain. Using salmon as a way to show the interconnectedness of the food web, the author explains how a tiny salmon egg needs food, and later as an adult, becomes food. The theme throughout the book is the delicate balance of nature and the need for maintaining it. Photographs provide visuals of unfamiliar concepts and vocabulary. 

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Summarize

Objectives

• Mentally summarize key details while reading
• Sequence information in nonfiction text
• Identify irregular plural nouns
• Recognize and use content vocabulary

Materials

• Book – Salmon: A Link in the Food Chain (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Sequence, Content Vocabulary Crossword worksheets

    Indicates an opportunity to use the book interactively (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are not consumable.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: alevins, brackish, estuary, fertilize, food chain, fry, interconnected, plankton, smolts, spawn