Ships of Discovery
Barcos de descubrimiento
Les navires de la découverte
Ships of Discovery
Ships of Discovery
Ships of Discovery
Ships of Discovery
Informational (nonfiction), 2,336 words, Level Y (Grade 5), Lexile 1010L
Ships of Discovery traces the history and evolution of boats. The book explains how different groups of people relied on boats for exploration, trade, and battle and altered their boats over time to make them bigger, faster, and safer. This book can also be used to teach students how to summarize an informational text and how to compare and contrast information in a text. Book and lesson also available at Levels T and W.
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Literature Circle Resources
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Lesson Resources
Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand nonfiction text
Comprehension
Compare and Contrast : Identify details to compare and contrast ships
Grammar and Mechanics
Adjectives : Identify adjectives and the nouns they describe
Word Work
Compound Words : Identify and create compound words
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
