El smog, el polvo y los sapos 6-pack Author: Rebecca Weber ISBN: 9780176360528 Copyright Date: 2003 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 3 Reading Level: R Strategy/Skill: Author's purpose, Cause and effect, Comprehension strategies, Forming opinions, making judgements, Vocabulary and word study Genre: Explanation, Report Theme/Topic: Environment, History, Responsibility Classification: Nonfiction

Book Summary

Environmental disasters (desastres ecológicos) have caused a great deal of damage to our planet and affected the lives of many people.  This book looks at three disasters and explains why they happened.

Features of the Book

• Three examples of environmental disasters
• Historical information and photographs
• Maps and labeled diagrams
• Cause-and-effect relationships

Purpose

El smog, el polvo y los sapos can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills and understandings:

• using strategies to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words
• recognizing cause-and-effect relationships
• studying the use of adjectives
• determining the author’s message
• writing to support an opinion
• exploring the ways people’s actions can have a negative effect on the environment

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