Climbers

Climbers is an expository nonfiction text that explains animals that climb up mountains and trees, people that climb up rocks and walls, and the gear needed to climb (helmet, rope, and shoes). Readers gain information from the text, photographs, and labels.

Climbers 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 making a picture list of things that help people climb is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as interest words (rocks), high-frequency words (she), and positional words (up). Opportunities arise to discuss capital letters at the beginning of sentences, full stops, and commas. Focus on blend cl (climbers) and word family ock (rock).

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