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Discovering My World - Early
6-pack
ISBN: 9780790326566
Grade Level:
1
Reading Level:
F
Strategy/Skill:
Asking questions, Main ideas, Making connections
Genre:
Nonfiction
Theme/Topic:
Changing earth, Civics, Communication, Place and regions
Classification:
Nonfiction
Fluency:
Early
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Overview
This lesson builds on the whole-class introduction and expands on the Discovering My World unit for emergent readers. It looks at the shapes of the land, people finding their way, different people and places, and people getting along and helping one another.
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 nonfiction strategy:
- using photographs to support the meaning of the text.
Features of the Text
- Nonfiction features:
- introduction of geography and civics concepts and anchor words associated with the topic
- general information about people and their place in the world (pages 2 to 7) followed by four
double-page spreads about specific geographical
and civic features
- personal statement that ends the book
- preview question on the back cover
- photographs that support and illustrate concepts
- Word study:
- initial consonant blend – “pl-”
- digraph – “sh”
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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