This revised edition replaces Reading Information Text and includes updates to the content. There are 10 texts with activities that include science, social studies, geography, biography, and technology with one to three lessons in each unit.
To give you an idea of topics, content area, and text structure, here are the lessons for the Grade 3 book: Big, Wild Cats! (Life Science, Compare/Contrast); Sandra Day O'Connor (Biography - Political Science, Time Order); Barack Obama (Biography - Political Science, Time Order); Plants of the Rainforest (Life Science, Main Idea/Details); The Great Lakes (Geography, Cause/Effect); Two Climates (Earth Science, Compare/Contrast); It's a Grand Old Flag (Social Studies - Sociology, Main Idea/Details); Mystery of Mesa Verde (Social Studies - U.S. History, Time Order); About Banks (Social Studies - Economics, Question/Answer); and The Zipper (Social Studies - Sociology, Cause/Effect).
The introductory information in these books include an orientation to the units, vocabulary words and definitions, an overview of articles and writing prompts, and reproducible pre-writing charts showing the Five Elements and the Five Structures of Information Text. In Grades 1 & 2, there is a student record sheet and small group record sheet. Each unit includes two pages of teacher information (objectives, preparation, and lesson plans) plus student pages with a complete answer key provided in the back of the workbook. Student pages include:
This well-done series provides quality reading comprehension and writing preparation. Photocopying the pages in this book is permitted for single classroom use only. Making photocopies for additional classes or schools is prohibited. Softcover, 118 perforated pages. ~Amber
