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Creatures of the Reef
6-pack
ISBN: 9780478124064
Copyright Date: 1999
Grade Level:
4
Reading Level:
R
Strategy/Skill:
Features of nonfiction, Prior knowledge, Summarizing, Using graphic sources, Using texts as models for own writing
Genre:
Report
Theme/Topic:
Animals, Birds, and Insects, Habitats, Life Science
Classification:
Nonfiction
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Book Summary
A coral reef is home to thousands of strange and wonderful creatures. This book describes life in the reef and the unusual ways in which these creatures use each other to survive.
Features of the Book
- Nonfiction content
- Specialized vocabulary – plankton, parasite, polyp, algae
- Captions that provide additional information
- Dramatic photographs
- Labeled diagrams
- Fact boxes
- Descriptive language – like an underwater city; like a “fast food outlet”; uses its large front claws to bulldoze sand
Purpose
Creatures of the Reef can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills:
- using prior knowledge to make sense of the text
- discussing how photographs assist with comprehension
- reading to become informed
- using text as a model for students’ own writing
- locating and summarizing information
- creating and using an index
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
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