Our Solar System Level S
Text Type: Nonfiction • Word Count: 1660

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Book Summary
Our Solar System is an informational text that compares and contrasts the planets, as well as describing comets, asteroids, and other features in space. Each page describing a planet includes a "Do You Know?" box that tells what a 70-lb. child would weigh on that planet.

Suggested Lesson Focus

Comprehension/Literary Element Strategies
Compare and contrast information.

Word Skills
Define characteristics of a concept.

Grammar Skills
Identify subject and predicate in simple sentences.

Phonics Skills
Identify words with the same endings and write them in sentences to show their meanings.

Targeted Vocabulary Words
rotate, approximately, unique