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 Lesson Objective
 Before Reading Activity
 As You Read Lesson
 After Reading Assessment Questions
 Extension Activities
BIRDS
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Interest Level: 1-4 Reading Level: 2-3 Age Range: 6-9 Genre: Nonfiction GRL: O
Lexile: 570L
LESSON OBJECTIVE
Students will be able to identify nonfiction text features and use them to gain information about birds.
LESSON FOCUS: Text Features
CONNECTIONS
Subject: Science Pages: 24 Standards: CCSS.RI.3.5 CCSS.SL.3.1 CCSS.W.3.8 SC.3.L.15.1
Tell students that text features help the reader gain a deeper understanding of the text and provide additional information about a topic. Text features can be headings, captions, maps, bold words and pictures. Tell students that today as they read, they should pay close attention to the text features throughout the book and how they provide additional information about birds.
BEFORE READING
ACTIVATING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
Draw a circle thinking map on the board or chart paper.
In the center of the circle, write the word “birds”. Have students talk to a partner and discuss what they already know about birds. Have students share what their partner said. In the outer circle, record their answers. Discuss what students know about birds. Ask them to name some familiar birds that they have seen before.
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