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Academic Standards

 

Reading Objective:

Children will examine how students around the world get to school and analyze the reasons why.

 

Social Studies Focus:

communities

 

ELA and Social Studies Skills:

key details, vocabulary, writing, maps

 

Page 4 Skill:

read a bar graph

 

Vocabulary:

common, extreme, floods, island

 

CCSS:

RI.2.1 key details; RI.2.2 identify the main topic; RI.2.4 determine meanings of words; RI.2.5 use text features; RI.2.10 read informational texts; W.2.3 write narratives; SL.2.1 collaborative conversations; SL.2.3 ask and answer questions

Guided Reading Level:

K

 

Lexile level: 

550L

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Provide students with some background on different communities.

 

Build background knowledge (10 min.)

Watch our video “All Around Town.” After children have finished watching the video, discuss the following question:

  • How would you describe your neighborhood?

Set a purpose for reading (5 min.)

  • Pass out the issue, and discuss the cover. Are any students surprised to learn about the school bus in Japan?
  • Next, read the As You Read prompt on page 2: “Think about why each group of kids goes an unusual way to school.”Encourage children to think about this prompt as they read.

 

Read together (20 min.)

Pass out the Read and Think printable. Use it to check comprehension as you read the issue together, pausing to ask the questions. 

 

Review vocabulary (3 min.)

Next, play the online vocabulary slideshow. This issue’s featured terms are common, extreme, floods, and island.

 

Assessment: Reading Quiz

Pass out the Reading Quiz to review key concepts from the issue and assess students’ proficiency on key nonfiction reading skills.

Students can practice encoding CVC and CVCe words with the “Make School Bus Words” game.

You can use our printable worksheets to focus on important Social Studies and ELA skills. Here's how.

ELA Focus: Vocabulary (15 min.)

  • Use the Word Work printable to deepen students’ understanding of the words common, extreme, floods, and island.

Editor’s Pick: Writing (15 min.)

Social Studies Focus: Map Skills (15 min.)

Here is a past issue you can use to extend your lesson on different communities:

You can find a higher-Lexile-level and a lower-Lexile-level version of the article online here:

  • Higher Lexile level: 600L
  • Lower Lexile level: 450L