Como constuimos todos 6-pack Author: Janine Scott ISBN: 9780176360429 Copyright Date: 2003 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 3 Reading Level: P Strategy/Skill: Asking questions, Using texts as models for own writing, Vocabulary and word study Genre: Explanation Theme/Topic: Animals, Birds, and Insects Classification: Nonfiction

Book Summary

Animals were the first builders.  They built nests, tunnels, dams, and towers long before the first people were around.  This book explores how and why animals build different structures and what people have learned about building from animals.

Features of the Book

• Compares the structures built by animals with those built by people
• Explanations
• Reflexive verbs – resguardarse, protegerse, esconderse, advertirse
• Specialized vocabulary – refugios, viviendas, cimientos, madrigueras

Purpose

Cómo construimos todos can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills and understandings:

• asking questions of the text
• synthesizing information from two or more sources
• understanding the use of reflexive verbs in Spanish
• using the text as a springboard for further research
• writing a narrative procedure
• identifying the similarities between the structures built by animals and those built by people

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