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Title of Text: Where Is My Country?
Author/Illustrator: Robin Nelson GRL: I Series: First Step Nonfiction Genre: Nonfiction, Where Am I Engage
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Standard: Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text. Lesson Objectives: To distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in the text, to use synthesizing and text features Skill: Using Text features Comprehension Strategy: Synthesizing Fluency: Phrasing/ Chunking Academic Vocabulary: explain or research the meanings of the words below. Discuss the morphology of the words: suffixes, taking a root word and adding to it to change the meaning of the word. Have students talk about the meaning of each word, using antonyms, synonyms and situations where each word can be used correctly. a. cities b. continents c. country d. towns e. world Before Reading: ENGAGE! THINK! 1. Build Background Knowledge a. Let’s look at the front and back cover. What do you know about this topic? b. What would you like to learn about your country? c. What is the name of your country? d. Where would you go to look for your country? e. Do you know where the glossary is in the text? How is it helpful? f. Do you know where the index is in the text? How is it helpful? 2. Skill Introduction: a. Using Text features – look at page 4‐ how does the illustration help you? What have you learned by looking at it? 3. Strategy Introduction: a. Synthesizing – Have you ever thought you knew what size something was and later find out you were wrong? What made you change your mind? Is the United States of American the largest country in the world? Why or Why not? Let’s see if you opinion changes after you read this book. 4. Fluency: Phrasing/ Chunking – As you begin to read longer text it is important to phrase correctly to help with the understanding of the text. Read page 5. Model how you phrase the sentence. Standard – Today we will try to distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text. Is the country bigger than you thought? Did you know some countries are by the ocean?
Copyright © 2012 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. Lerner Digital™ and Lerner eSource™ are trademarks of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. www.lernerbooks.com During Reading: Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late! Check for Understanding (Stop Midway through the Book) 1.
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3. What is the smallest country in the world? 4. What country is north of the United States? South of the United States? 5.
Tell me about a part you didn’t understand? Turn and Talk: how is using the strategy of synthesizing helpful in your reading? Standard: As you look at page 4, how can you distinguish between information provided by the picture and information provided by the words in the text? After Reading: EVALUATE! 1. What is the most important thing to remember from this book? What are the details that can help you remember this? 2. What did you learn? 3. What more do you want to learn about your country? 4. What is larger a country or a continent? Explain? 5.
Standard: Using Text Features‐ how do the maps in this text help you with your understanding of the text? 6.
Standard: What are some key details you have learned about countries on page 20 and 21? 7. Academic Vocabulary: Place in order size each word represents. Start with the smallest. (town, city, country, continent, world) Country and continent might change order. Share with the rest of the class and discuss your answers.
Writing Standard: Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure. Task: Write an information piece about the United States of America. Use the information above to help you write. IF/THEN: Using Text Features – Have the students go thru the book, recognizing text features. Discuss as you go along. (Look at the maps with their labels to help with the understanding of the page, talk about the glossary and it importance and index. Talk about why some words are in bold print etc.) Copyright © 2012 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. Lerner Digital™ and Lerner eSource™ are trademarks of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. www.lernerbooks.com