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What Is It Made From? 6-pack Author: Lin Wheeler ISBN: 9780790327747 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Reading Level: D Strategy/Skill: Asking questions, Making connections Genre: Nonfiction Theme/Topic: Materials and objects, Science and Technology Classification: Nonfiction Fluency: Emergent

Overview

This book uses colorful photographs and simple text to explore the materials that a variety of objects are made from.  Objects include a bat, some letters, a bottle, a hat, and a ball.  (Main idea: Scientists study what things are made from.)  Content standards.

Suggested Purposes

This book supports the following comprehension strategies:  making connections between prior knowledge and the text asking questions.  It supports the following nonfiction strategies: using photographs to help read the text  using a picture glossary.

 Features of the Text

• Nonfiction Features
  • cover flap, which provides support for identifying the big ideas and anchor words
  • the topic (what things are made from), which expands on pages 12 and 13 of the anchor book Being a Scientist
  • preview question on the back cover
  • picture of material at the bottom of each page
  • picture glossary                     
    

•  Word Study:
  • initial consonant “b” – bat, ball, bottle
  • initial blends – “cl-,” “gl-,” “pl-”
  • digraph – “th”
  • rhyming words – bat, hat
  • silent “e” – made
  • double letters – bottle, letters, rubber, wood
  • one-syllable words – ball, bat, can, cloth, glass, wood
  • two-syllable words – bottle, letters, metal, plastic
  • change from “this” to “these” and “is” to “are”
     

• Combination of familiar (bat, letters, bottle, can, hat, ball) and less familiar (cloth, glass, plastic, metal, rubber, wood)
• Question mark
   

 For more information please see the Lesson Plan.