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Smog, Dust, and Toads
6-pack
ISBN: 9780176360825
Copyright Date: 2007
Grade Level:
3
Reading Level:
N
Strategy/Skill:
Vocabulary and word study, Forming opinions, making judgements, Comprehension strategies, Cause and effect, Author's purpose
Genre:
Report, Explanation
Theme/Topic:
Responsibility, History, Environment
Classification:
Nonfiction
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Book Summary
Environmental disasters have caused a lot 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
Smog, Dust, and Toads 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.
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
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