Grounded to Earth
Grounded to Earth
Grounded to Earth
Grounded to Earth
Grounded to Earth
Grounded to Earth
Grounded to Earth
Science Fiction (fiction), 231 words, Level H (Grade 1), Lexile 420L
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What happens when children don't mind their parents? Zorb wants to use Earth as a ball. His mother tells him that playing with Earth would hurt humans. When Zorb still seems determined to play, his father decides to teach him a lesson about humans. In Grounded to Earth, students have the opportunity to retell and analyze a character while reading an interesting science fiction tale.
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Use the reading strategy of retelling to understand text
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