First Off the Mark 6-pack Author: Various ISBN: 9780176357917 Lesson Plan Grade Level: 6 Theme/Topic: Discovery, Sports Classification: Fiction, Nonfiction

Key Reading Strategy: Asking Questions

The lesson plans in this issue of High Wire Magazine highlight the reading strategy of Asking Questions.  The students can practice using this strategy at places in the magazine marked with the symbol. For more on this strategy, see page 7.  Assessment Master 3 in the Program and Assessment Guide can be used for this strategy.

Curriculum Links: math, social studies, science

Introducing the Magazine

Setting the Scene

Tell the students that this issue of High Wire Magazine looks at how people have achieved being the first to do something momentous. Discuss the title and the link it has with the photograph on the cover.  Ask:

• What else could this title be referring to?

The students could record their ideas and then share them with the class.

Making Connections

Explain to the students that the magazine includes a variety of both fiction and nonfiction articles and stories about people who have strived to achieve a goal.  Encourage a discussion among the class about some of the personal goals they have had and the sacrifices they have made in order to achieve them.

Tell the students that this magazine also includes the stories of some inventions that we now consider everyday things.  Encourage them to share
any stories they may know about how things came to be invented.

For more information please see our Lesson Plan