
The International T-Shirt Challenge
El desafío de las camisetas internacionales
The International T-Shirt Challenge
The International T-Shirt Challenge
The International T-Shirt Challenge
The International T-Shirt Challenge
The International T-Shirt Challenge
Realistic (fiction), 1,387 words, Spanish Level Q (Grade 3), Lexile 630L
The International T-Shirt Challenge features two friends who challenge each other with weekly questions. This week's puzzler, labeled the International T-Shirt Challenge, challenges one of the friends to spend $500 on T-Shirts in five different countries. Using his weblog, he attempts to get information from kids all around the world to help complete the challenge. Photographs, illustrations, and charts support the text.
Lesson Resources
Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions to understand the text
Comprehension
Interpret Charts : Interpret charts
Grammar and Mechanics
Compound Sentences : Identify compound sentences used in the text
Word Work
Suffixes : Identify the meanings of suffixes
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class