Place to Live, A 6-pack Author: Vivian Cuesta ISBN: 9780176360672 Copyright Date: 2007 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 3 Reading Level: M Genre: Procedure Theme/Topic: Art and Activity Classification: Nonfiction Fluency: Early

Book Summary

People live in all kinds of homes.  This book explores the different materials and structures used to build homes and shows how houses reflect people’s needs and the environment.  It also explores how houses have changed over time.

Features of the Book

• Explanation
• Cut-away diagrams
• Comparisons between eras and cultures
• Specialized vocabulary – apartment, insulation, air conditioning, nomad, shelter
• Historical information

Purpose

A Place to Live can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills and understandings:

• recognizing cause-and-effect relationships
• making comparisons within a text
• writing text that has a main idea and supporting detail
• identifying common suffixes
• investigating the materials that are used to build houses

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