There's No Place Like Home 6-pack Author: David Hill ISBN: 9780478123999 Copyright Date: 2000 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 3 Reading Level: P Strategy/Skill: Asking questions, Using graphic sources, Visualizing Genre: Explanation, Report Theme/Topic: Discovery, Math, Science and Technology Classification: Nonfiction

Book Summary

Imagine this: scientists have predicted that a meteorite will hit Earth in 2020. It will cause a lot of damage.  If this really were to happen, what could we do?  Amateur astronomer David Hill explores the planets and moons of our solar system to discover if there’s anywhere else quite like Earth.

Features of the Book

•  Fact files for each planet
• Captioned photographs
• The diagrams above the chapter headings
• Comparison diagrams
• The detail in the photographs
• Specialized vocabulary – diameter, core, atmosphere, orbit
• The example of scientific investigation
• The contents page, glossary and index
• Background images to support the theme

Purpose

There’s No Place Like Home can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills:

• establishing a purpose for reading
• interpreting scale diagrams
• discussing the mental images evoked by a text
• interpreting and using graphic information from a text
• raising questions from reading a text

For more information please see our Lesson Plan