Night Lights 6-pack Author: Various ISBN: 9780478124057 Copyright Date: 2000 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 4 Reading Level: R Strategy/Skill: Asking questions, Author's purpose, Fluency, Prior knowledge, Summarizing Genre: Explanation, Report Theme/Topic: Exploration, Math, Physical Science, Science and Technology, Space Classification: Nonfiction

Book Summary

In Night Lights, read about the mysteries of moons, how we might travel to Mars, and the truth about sound in space.

Features of the Book

• Four nonfiction articles by three different authors
• Varied layout – photographs, fact boxes, and diagrams
• The contents page, glossary, and index
• Lists of questions to promote research
• Photographs with captions
• Specialized vocabulary – bacteria, meteorite, gravity

Purpose

Night Lights can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills:

• using prior knowledge to help make sense of the text
• identifying the author’s intention
• reading aloud with appropriate pace and expression
• investigating questions raised in a text
• researching fables, myths, and legends
• skim-reading to locate and summarize main ideas