Bridges

Bridges is an expository nonfiction text that explains bridges for boats, buses, cars, people, shops, and trucks. Readers gain information from the text, photographs, illustrated symbols, and labels.

Bridges 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 writing about a bridge and its purpose is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as interest words (bridge), high-frequency words (made), and positional words (over). Opportunities arise to discuss capital letters at the beginning of sentences, full stops, commas, and exclamation marks. Focus on blend br (bridge) and word family and (land).

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Guided F

DRA 10

Grade 1