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Tracks on the Ground
6-pack
ISBN: 9780478186086
Grade Level:
2
Reading Level:
K
Strategy/Skill:
Main ideas, Phonics, Using texts as models for own writing, Vocabulary and word study
Genre:
Procedure, Report
Theme/Topic:
Animals, Birds, and Insects, Art and Activity, Life Science
Classification:
Nonfiction
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Book Summary
Animals and people make all kinds of tracks. This book explains what different tracks look like and what we can learn from them. The text includes instructions for making footprints using paint and “feet” from plaster of Paris.
Features of the Book
- Instructions for an activity
- Captioned photographs
- Labeled diagrams
- Specialized vocabulary – cloven, coyote, fossil, hind, hoof, imprint, plaster cast, plaster of Paris, search-and-rescue, webbed
Word Study Opportunities
- Compound words – classroom, footprint, handprints, sidewalk
- Double vowels – between, feet, see; smooth, kangaroo, raccoon
- Regular and irregular plurals – halves, hooves, feet, shoes, toes
Purpose
Tracks on the Ground can be used to introduce and reinforce the following standards-related skills:
- identifying the main idea and supporting detail
- extending vocabulary by using a glossary
- reading and writing procedural text
- using knowledge of the words in compound words to predict meaning
- exploring the “ee” sound
- writing simple instructions
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
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