Book Summary
Although everyone said it was unsinkable, the Titanic, the largest passenger ship ever built, did sink. In Titanic Treasure, readers learn how this great ship sank in 1912, who discovered its remains, and what people learned from the disaster that helped to improve ocean travel. Engaging historic photographs support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Visualize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand text
• Understand and identify cause-and-effect relationships
• Understand the use of serial commas
• Read and write a variety of numbers from text

Materials

• Book -- Titanic Treasure (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Visualize, cause and effect, serial commas, reading numbers 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: artifacts, bow, debris field, hull, maiden voyage, remote, salvagers, scuba dive, snorkel, sonar, stern, submersible, tidal pools, tragedy