Book Summary
What do humans have in common with snakes, elephants, and whales? A skeleton! The numbers of bones may vary, but the purpose is the same--to support and protect all of the organs inside the body. Photographs, illustrations, and detailed diagrams of various bones in the body help readers make meaningful connections with the text. 

About the Lesson 

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Make connections to prior knowledge

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of making connections to prior knowledge to understand informational text
• Identify facts and details in informational text
• Recognize compound sentences
• Understand and use content vocabulary

Materials

• Book -- The Hard Stuff! All About Bones (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Main idea/detail and 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: appendages, ball-and-socket, bone marrow, calcium phosphate, cartilage, dexterous, hinge, ligaments, spinal cord, sutures, swivel, tendons, vertebrates