Photograph of water flowing at a dam
Selection 3 Overview
  • Build Background

  • Language & Grammar

    Elaborate Make Subjects and Verbs Agree

  • Prepare to Read

    Learn Key Vocabulary

    Learn a Reading Strategy

    Monitor Your Reading

  • Read and Write

    Focus on Genre

    Social Science Article

    Apply the Reading Strategy

    Monitor Your Reading

    Critical Thinking Reading Fluency

    Read with Intonation

    Vocabulary Review

    Write About the Guiding Question

  • Connect Across the Curriculum

    Literary Analysis

    Analyze Text Structure: Main Idea and Details

    Vocabulary Study

    Use Synonyms and Antonyms

    Research/Speaking

    Research Floods

    Discuss Hydroelectric Power

    Language and Grammar

    Elaborate

    Writing and Grammar

    Write About a Day at a River

Photograph of a river making its way through mountains
Build Background
See How We Use Water

People can use a body of water such as a lake or river in numerous ways. They use it to move things, to make things, and just to play in.

Connect

Kwl chart Think about what you know about how people depend on rivers. Write your ideas in column 1 of a KWL Chart. In column 2, write what you want to know. Use column 3 to list what you learned after you read the article.