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C Is for Canada Level T
Text Type: Nonfiction • Word Count: 1357

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WORKSHEETS FOR
C IS FOR CANADA
Worksheets

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COMPREHENSION QUIZ FOR
C IS FOR CANADA
Comprehension Quiz
Level T Answer Sheet



Correlation
READING A-Z LEVEL T
Grade 3
Fountas
& Pinnell		 P
Reading
Recovery		 23
DRA 38
Lesson Parts
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
C Is for Canada is a book written in the form of emails between two pen pals: Stephanie from the United States and Jacqueline from Canada. Stephanie's school assignment is to write a report about Canada, so Jacqueline writes about the details of her country. Photographs support the text. 

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

  • Summarize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand the text
  • Identify author's purpose
  • Identify compound sentences used in the text
  • Identify and create compound words

Materials

  • Book -- C Is for Canada (copy for each student)
  • Chalkboard or dry erase board
  • Dictionaries
  • Author's purpose, summarize, compound sentences, compound words 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: ancestors, caribou, confederation, constitutional monarchy, democracy, heritage, Inuit, Parliament, provinces, republic, territories