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A Voice For Children
6-pack
ISBN: 9780790327280
Grade Level:
2
Reading Level:
M
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Overview
This book tells the story of Craig Kielburger, a young boy who worked to help children in other countries who were forced to work long hours for little money. His efforts have made a big difference to many children’s lives. (Big idea: People need to get along and help one another.)
Suggested Purposes
This book supports the following comprehension strategies:
- making connections between prior knowledge and the text
- making inferences
- identifying the main ideas
It supports the following nonfiction strategies:
- using a glossary (boldface type)
- getting information from captions
- using maps
Features of the Text
- Nonfiction features:
- cover flap, which provides support for identifying the big ideas and anchor words
- the topic (helping people), which expands on pages 14 and 15 of the anchor book Discovering My World
- preview question on the back cover
- headings that support students to read in sections
- timeline
- maps
- captions
- contents page, glossary, index
- Word study:
- pronunciation guide – Iqbal
- the suffi x “tion” – attention, petition
- compound words – newspaper, something, shoebox
- digraphs – “th,” “ch,” “sh”
- vowel sounds – “ea,” “ee,” “oo”
- the silent letters “g,” “h,” and “k” – sign, bright, Delhi, knew
- Apostrophes and question marks
- Simile – like a snowball
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
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