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Student Book

Welcome to Reading Rocket

Meet the Chorocters

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The Statue of Liberty

Nonfiction - Social Studies

Lucy the Gymnast

Nonfiction - Social Studies

Walking the Dogs

fl:asy-to-Follow Lesson Process:Three Stages of Reading

fl Cumulative Reading Skill Practice

The following reading skills are practiced and consolidated throughout the series so students

can become better readers.

Target words are practiced 6 times in the student book and the workbook This cumulative practice will help

students to memorize the new vocabulary.

fl engaging Stories with Cotorful lllustrations & Animated Audio Recording

* Engaging stories motivate students to read.

* Colorful illustrations help students to understand.

s Students can listen to the audio recording of the reading passage + Cute characters appeal to students.

+ Carefully graded non-fiction passages help students to build

academic reading skills.

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Part A.Warm up

The warm-up section helps students prepare for reading and

understanding the passage.

PartB.NewWords

The new target words are introduced in this activity.

Port A Main ldea

This question asks the student to identify the main idea ofthe passage.

Part B - Part D, Reading Skill Practice

* Identifying feelings and attitudes

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* Making inferences

* ldentifying cause and effect

" Understanding the order of events (sequencing)

ldentifying facts

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Part B Discussion

This section asks students to contribute personal opinions to

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"OK," said Lucy "lt's a math test."

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to stop something from happening

to make something different

paint their fingernails or wear makeup to make themselves look different It is easy

have you ever tried to change your height?

;' Your height is an example of something that is genetic Genetic means that it was

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fingernails makeup changed height bald prevent

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to make or think of something for the first time

something that really matters

to find the size, weight or amount of something

a mountain that sometimes shoots fire

to see how things are different or similar

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Our noisy world

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the telephone? B: Alexander Graham Bell

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"Hurry up, Dad!" said Brian.

"l'm coming," Dad replied.

As always, the drive was long and boring, but when they got to the beach it lookedreally beautiful

"Wow, can you see the waves?" asked Mom "They are quite big today."

"Yeah | " said the kids "We can ride our body boards ! "

waves ran over their toes and they called out to Mom and Dad.

"Hey, it's really warm!"

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Brian and Lucy's family went to the beach

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Why or why not?

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months before it could be put together There is now a museum in the pedestal

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The Statue of Liberty is very big.

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hard, not a liquid or a gas

to send air out of your throat with a loud noisebending easily without breaking

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good and helpful for doing something

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The captain of a tugboat has to be skllful to move the big ships safely For the

work because the big ship is much heavier than the tugboats,

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I saw her throwing a tennis ball in the air and catching it Then I saw her reading onher front porch After that, I saw her listening to music with her head cupped in her

I had a great idea First lfolded a piece of paper into the shape of a basket Next, I

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Lucy filled the basket with candy and flowers

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Many beaches now have a surf school

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