A Place for a Bed

A Place for a Bed is an expository nonfiction text that explains a bed in a spaceship, submarine, bike, and mountain. Readers gain information from the text, photographs, and labels.

A Place for a Bed includes critical thinking questions to guide the reader. Photographs match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the photographs and compare them to illustrations. As well, focus is placed on the labels, Index, layout, and design. An activity on drawing and labelling a bed in one of the places is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as interest words (climber), high-frequency words (his), positional words (under), and compound words (submarine). Opportunities arise to discuss capital letters at the beginning of sentences, full stops, and commas. Focus on blend sp (spaceship) and word family ed (bed).

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Guided E

DRA 6-8

Grade 1