Guided Reading Lesson
Preteach the Vocabulary
Story Words
archipelago, bountiful, buoyant, caravels, catamaran, clipper ships, commerce, eliminated, habitable, indigenous, ingenuity, knarrs, scurvy, speculated, streamlined, tiers, triremes
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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand nonfiction text
Comprehension
Identify details to compare and contrast ships
Grammar and Mechanics
Identify adjectives and the nouns they describe
Word Work
Identify and create compound words
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Assessment Resources
