87. How Mountains Are Made by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
September 21, 2009 at 9:24 pm 1 comment
Retell: A group of children climb a nearby mountain. During the climb they start wondering about how mountains are made.
Topics: mountains, erosion, plate tectonics, earth movements, volcanoes
Units of Study: Nonfiction, Content-Area
Habits of Mind: responding with wonderment and awe
Reading Skills: questioning, determining importance, envisionment
My Thoughts: This is a great read aloud to supplement the fourth grade New York Delta FOSS Kit unit on Earth Movements. It’s a simple example of how narrative nonfiction and expository nonfiction are often blended together within the same text. The illustrated characters who narrate the text are a little distracting but you can choose whether or not to read their speech bubbles out loud.
Entry filed under: Female Authors, nonfiction, Picture Books. Tags: content-area, earth movements, erosion, mountains, nonfiction, plate tectonics, responding with wonderment and awe, volcanoes.
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