Staying in Shape 6-pack Author: Feana Tu 'akoi ISBN: 9780790327563 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 2 Reading Level: M Strategy/Skill: Asking questions, Making connections, Summarizing Genre: Nonfiction Theme/Topic: Food, Health, Hygiene, Sports Classification: Nonfiction Fluency: Fluent

Overview

This text explores the importance of healthy eating and regular exercise.  It looks at the benefits of staying in shape and offers advice on how to get started.  (Big idea: People take care of themselves by doing exercise.)

Suggested Purposes

This book supports the following comprehension strategies:

• making connections between prior knowledge and the text
• summarizing
• asking questions

It supports the following nonfiction strategies:

• reading charts
• reading bulleted lists
• using a glossary (boldface type)

Features of the Text

• Nonfiction features:
  • cover flap, which provides support for identifying the big ideas and anchor words
  • the topic (keeping healthy), which expands on pages 12 and 13 from the anchor book Taking Care of Yourself
  • preview question on the back cover
  • headings as questions to focus attention and support students to read in sections subheadings
  • bulleted lists
  • charts and tables
  • fitness plan
  • contents page
  • glossary
  • index
• Word study:
  • contractions – doesn’t, you’re, it’s, let’s
  • silent “g”– tongue
  • Multisyllabic words – carbohydrate, energy, exercise, flexible, nutrients, recover
• Similes – like a shiny new car
• Exclamation points

For more information please see our Lesson Plan