Changing Land, The 6-pack Author: Jane Buxton ISBN: 9780478121346 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 1 Reading Level: I Strategy/Skill: Cause and effect, Making predictions, Using texts as models for own writing Genre: Explanation Theme/Topic: Earth Science, Environment Classification: Nonfiction Fluency: Early

Book Summary

The Changing Land explores how the elements can affect Earth and change its shape.

Features of the Book

• The common focal sentence with one key word change.
• The common pattern of the additional sentence per spread.
• The different text size used to emphasize the key noun on the page.
• The way information can be gained from a close study of the photographs.
• The concluding collage that recalls all the elements.
• The blends – “ch,” “dr,” “cr,” “bl,” and “pl.”
• The verbs that describe particular changes – “dries,” “blows,” “washes,” and “cracks.”
• The two forms of the verb “change.”
• The high-frequency words – “can” and “from.”

Purpose

The Changing Land can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce and reinforce the following skills and strategies:

• discussing the cause and effect of specific events within the story
• predicting outcomes from illustrations
• innovating on an original story line to write another version

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