UNIT X 248 | UNIT 7 DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold To help students understand the map, say: This is a map of the world. The colors show the four different biomes. What is the color for tundra? (blue) What is the color for deserts? (orange) What is the color for grasslands? (yellow) What is the color for forests? (green) Have students point to the part of the map where they live and discuss as a class which biome they are in. Amplify When students answer the Essential Question, have them work in small groups to preview the images and write predictions about each biome. Provide this sentence frame: I think _____ adapt in the _____biome by _____. After they read the text, have them go back and check which predictions were correct. Instructional Routine: Reading p. Txxv Text Genre: Informational Text: Science • Recognize characteristics of genre Say: This text is an informational text about science. What do we know about informational texts? (They include facts and information.) Read the descriptors aloud and ensure students are familiar with the terms natural world and social world. Point out that the term illustrate often means to draw a picture, but in the second bullet it means to show that something is true. • Background knowledge Ask students to share examples of informational texts about science they have read. Preview Use text elements to make predictions Read the instructions aloud. Ask: What is the title of the text? (Biomes of the World) Point to the first section header on page 250. Say: The reading is divided into sections. What is the heading of the first section? (Tundra). How many section headings are there? (four) Point to the four section headings and choral read them. Then point out the images and choral read the captions. Direct students to answer the questions in pairs. Then elicit the answers. ANSWERS Sample answers: 1. The text describes tundra, desert, grassland, and forest. 2. It shows different biomes around the world. 3. I predict I will learn about what kinds of animals and plants live in the different biomes. Essential Question: How do plants and animals adapt to their environment? Exchange ideas Say: The word adapt means to change in order to live somewhere. We will read about plant and animals in four different biomes: tundra, desert, grassland, and forest. How do you think they adapt to these environments? Elicit students’ answers to the Essential Question. Say: As you read the text, you will confirm or change your answer. EXPLORE AND LEARN Reading Preview To preview a text, look at the title, section headings, images, and captions. 1. What four biomes does the text describe? 2. Look at the map. What does it show? 3. Predict Look at the photos. What do you predict you will learn about these biomes? TEXT GENRE Informational Text: Science Biomes of the World is an informational text. An informational text contains facts and explains something in the natural or social world. When you read Biomes of the World, you will find: • facts about four biomes • examples to illustrate the facts • images to support the examples How do plants and animals adapt to their environment? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION Reading UNIT 7 Biomes of the World 248 UNIT 7 / READING
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