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Being a Scientist - Early
6-pack
ISBN: 9780790326627
Grade Level:
1
Reading Level:
H
Strategy/Skill:
Asking questions, Main ideas, Making connections
Genre:
Nonfiction
Theme/Topic:
Forces and motion, Habitats, Materials and objects, Natural world, Science and Technology, Space
Classification:
Nonfiction
Fluency:
Early
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Overview
This lesson builds on the whole-class introduction and expands on the Being a Scientist unit for emergent readers. It looks at what scientists do and the areas they study: plants and animals, space, what things are made from and how they change, and how things work.
Suggested Purposes
This book supports the following comprehension strategies:
- making connections between prior knowledge and the text
- identifying the main ideas
- asking questions.
It supports the following nonfi ction strategies:
- reading and using graphs
- using photographs to support the meaning of the text
Features of the Text
- Nonfiction features:
- introduction of science concepts and anchor words associated with the topic
- general information about scientists (pages 2 to 7), followed by four double-page spreads about specific kinds of scientists
- personal statement that ends the book
- preview question on the back cover
- photographs with text that supports and illustrates concepts
- graph
- Word study:
- initial consonant blends – “pl-,” “sp-”
- digraphs – “st,” “th,” “wh,” “wr”
- silent “c” after “s”
- Use of questions marks and exclamation point
Note: There is a lot of information in this book. You may like to cover it in two or more sessions. The first session could cover pages 2 to 7. You might take up to four sessions to cover the following four double-page spreads before concluding with page 16.
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
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