► 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
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.
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.