Good Ideas for People

Good Ideas for People is an expository nonfiction text that explains good ideas that people got from what animals do. This includes making things with clay, with prickles, to fly with, and hold on tight with. Readers gain information from the text, photographs, and labels.

Good Ideas for People 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, font style, Index, layout, and design. There is an a mapping chart at the end of the book showing the connections between animals’ good ideas and how humans use them. An activity on making a mapping chart is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as interest words (nest) and high-frequency words (look). Opportunities arise to discuss capital letters at the beginning of sentences, full stops, question marks and commas. Focus on blend cl (clay) and word family and (hand).

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