Teach reading comprehension skills and nonfiction text structures to your fourth-grade students
Choose from 10 units that span a variety of text structures and topics or use them all
Text structures include:
Question and answer Main idea and details Cause and effect Compare and contrast Time orderNonfiction texts in the grade 4 book include a variety of content-area topics:
Science:
"Getting to Know Snakes" Level P "Weather and the Scientists Who Study It" Level S "From Power Plant to Lightbulb" Level TGeography:
"The Mystery of the Matching Continents" Level RSocial Studies:
"Being an Active Citizen" Level Q "How Countries Create Their Economies" Level TBiography:
"Julia Morgan: Architect and Trailblazer" Level P "Roald Dahl: Master Storyteller" Level S\How-to:
"How to Keep Your Teeth and Gums Healthy" Level R "How to Make Snacks More Healthful" Level OEach unit includes:
Teacher support pages with a lesson plan and objective A dictionary that identifies content and academic vocabulary A close-reading activity A comprehension and vocabulary activity An oral close-reading activity with questions to help guide students in a discussion A text structure analysis activity A culminating text-based writing activityAdditional teacher resources:
Overview article and writing prompts chart Five elements of nonfiction text chart Five structures of nonfiction text An answer keyAbout Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
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