Stars 6-pack Author: Bill Nagekerke ISBN: 9780790327549 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 2 Reading Level: J Strategy/Skill: Asking questions, Visualizing Genre: Nonfiction Theme/Topic: Science and Technology, Space Classification: Nonfiction Fluency: Fluent

Overview

Scientists study the sun to help them understand more about stars.  Using photographs and diagrams, Stars provides information about discovering and studying stars.  The book concludes that scientists still have a lot to learn about stars!  (Big idea: Scientists study Earth
and space.)

Suggested Purposes

This book supports the following comprehension strategies:

• asking questions
• visualizing

It supports the following nonfiction strategies:

• getting information from photographs
• gathering information from captions

Features of the Text

• Nonfiction features:
  • cover flap, which provides support for identifying the big ideas and anchor words
  • the topic (Earth and space), which expands on pages 10 and 11 of the anchor book Being a Scientist
  • preview question on the back cover
  • headings that introduce new aspects of the topic and support students to read sections
  • captions and labels that highlight features of the visuals
  • questions that focus attention on the topic
  • diagrams
  • cutaway diagram
  • comparative picture
  • fact file
  • glossary (boldface type)
  • index
• Word study:
  • multisyllabic words – Galileo, photographs, telescope, universe, faraway, scientists, understand, discovered, factory, Antares
  • comparative adjectives – closest, hottest, big, small, biggest, bigger, smallest, smaller
  • Descriptive language:
    • similes – like tiny dots of light, like a giant factory making heat and light
• Historical information
• Pronunciation guide (page 19)

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