Guided Reading Lesson
Preteach the Vocabulary
Story Words
biodiversity, conservation, contaminates, deforestation, illegal, mercury, mining, ore, prospecting, rainforest, sluices, toxic
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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Visualize to understand text
Comprehension
Identify the author's purpose
Grammar and Mechanics
Understand and use possessive nouns
Word Work
Identify suffixes that change the meanings of nouns
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Assessment Resources
