Machines That Move 6-pack Author: Bronwyn Tainui ISBN: 9780790327129 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 1 Reading Level: E Strategy/Skill: Drawing conclusions, Making predictions Genre: Nonfiction Theme/Topic: Forces and motion, Science and Technology Classification: Nonfiction Fluency: Early

Overview

This book explains how machines move, using vivid photographs and easy-to-read diagrams.  The simple text outlines the common elements that enable trucks, ships, and planes to move.  (Big idea: Scientists study how things move and work.)

Suggested Purposes

This book supports the following comprehension strategies:

• making and confirming predictions
• drawing conclusions

It supports the following nonfiction strategy:

• using diagrams to visualize direction and movement.

Features of the Text

• Nonfiction features:
  • cover flap, which provides support for identifying the big ideas and anchor words
  • the topic, which expands on pages 14 and 15 of the anchor book Being a Scientist
  • preview question on the back cover
  • repetitive use of question marks to focus the explanatory text structure
  • captions and labels
  • layout (photographs of machines adjacent to diagrams)
  • labels and arrows which highlight the location of important parts
  • simple diagrams
  • use of colored arrows to indicate movement
  • picture glossary
• Word study:
  • initial consonant blends – “pl-,” “fl -,” “tr-,” “pr-”
  • digraph sounds – “th,” “sh,” “wh”
• Verbs – sail, fly, turn, spin, make, push, move
• Repetitive sentence structure to give concise information (“A ... has an engine.” “The engine makes the ...” “The ... moves the ...”)

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