Waterfalls

Waterfalls book cover — Waterfalls Precious McKenzie

Waterfalls — page 1 — Before After Content Area Vocabulary Use glossary words in a sentence be about Reading Activities Teaching Focus Fluency Encourage extensive reading and use specific methods such as timed readings and partner reading to stimulate growth in fluency Before Reading Building Academic Vocabulary and Background Knowledge Before reading a book it is important to set the stage for your child or student by using pre-reading strategies This will help them develop their vocabulary increase their reading comprehension and make connections across the curriculum 1 Read the title and look at the cover Let’s make predictions about what this book will 2 Take a picture walk by talking about the pictures photographs in the book Implant the vocabulary as you take the picture walk Be sure to talk about the text features such as headings Table of Contents glossary bolded words captions charts diagrams or Index 3 Have students read the first page of text with you then have students read the 4 Strategy Talk use to assist students while reading 5 Read it again Get your mouth ready Look at the picture Think does it make sense Think does it look right Think does it sound right Chunk it by looking for a part you know elevation erodes ledge soil remaining text After Reading Comprehension and Extension Activity After reading the book work on the following questions with your child or students in order to check their level of reading comprehension and content mastery 1 What does it mean when land erodes Summarize 2 What can cause waterfalls Asking Questions 3 Have you ever visited a waterfall Text to Self Connection 4 Why are there so many kinds of waterfalls Asking Questions Extension Activity Using modeling clay build a model of a river a waterfall and a plunge pool You can include rapids a whirlpool a ledge and rocks Label the parts of the waterfall

Waterfalls

Waterfalls

A scientific look at the natural processes that create waterfalls, and where they are likely to form.

About This Book

By: Precious McKenzie

Illustrated by:

Published by: Rourke Educational Media

5-7Age Range

2.3AR

24Pages

EnvironmentSubject

550LLexile

5-20 minsReading Time

MGuided Reading

MFountas & Pinnell

28DRA

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