Language and Content

Listen and Read Along

Focus on Genre

Expository Nonfiction Expository nonfiction explains or gives information about a topic. This expository nonfiction tells about Earth’s oceans.

Focus on Comprehension

Classify When you classify ideas, you put them into groups. Grouping ideas can help you remember what you read. As you read “The Water Planet,” think about how ideas fit together in groups.

Illustration of a web for the word “Oceans”
Much of Earth is covered with water.

Much of Earth is covered with water.