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User's Guide for Reading Activities
Resources for Teachers with Reading Adventures
The following
resources are available for Reading Adventures users:
Theme
Correlations to Reading Adventures
- Correlations,
by theme, to selected lessons
Skill
Correlations to Reading Adventures
- Correlations,
by primary skill addressed, to selected lessons
Theme Correlations to Reading Adventures
The table lists each Reading Activity and the theme and lessons
to which it corresponds in Reading Adventures. Course levels
are in parentheses.
|
Reading
Activity
|
Reading
Adventures Theme
|
Reading
Adventures Lesson
|
| Clever
People, Clever Solutions (3-4) |
Portraits |
Sidewalk
Surfing (4.5) |
| Graceful
Giants (3-4) |
Journeys |
The
Puffins Are Back! (3.0)
A Manatee's Close Call (4.0) |
| Good
Bug, Bad Bug (3-4) |
Marvels
|
A
Flower Grows (4.0)
Life Cycles (4.5) |
| Life's
Lessons (3-4) |
Journeys |
Mufaro's
Beautiful Daughters (3.5) |
| An
Early American Hero (5-6) |
Portraits |
Nellie
Bly (5.0)
Vilma Martinez (5.5) |
| The
New Kid In Town (5-6) |
Changes |
A
Good Chance (5.0)
A Sense of Place (5.0)
Who Is Who-lio? (5.0) |
| Living
Long Ago (5-6) |
Marvels |
Land
of the Ancients (5.5) |
| Winds
Of Change (5-6) |
Courage |
Climb
of Courage (6.0)
Brightest Star of All (6.5)
Trouble on a Dive (6.5) |
Skill Correlations to Reading Adventures
The table lists each Reading Activity and the corresponding
skill and activity in Reading Adventures. Course levels are
in parentheses.
|
Reading
Activity
|
Reading
Adventures Skill
|
Reading
Adventures Lesson
|
| Clever
People, Clever Solutions (3-4) |
Cause/effect |
Ming
Lo Moves the Mountain (3.0)
The Paper Crane (3.0)
Liquid Fire (3.5) |
| Graceful
Giants (3-4) |
Main
idea/details |
Family
Pictures (3.0)
My Friend Leslie (3.0)
The Earth Is Moving, Too (3.5)
How Much Does Air Weigh? (3.5) |
| Good
Bug, Bad Bug (3-4) |
Comparisons |
The
Star Maiden (4.0)
The Tree House (4.0)
The Corn in the Rock (4.0) |
| Life's
Lessons (3-4) |
Story
elements (problem/solution) |
Lon
Po Po (4.0)
The Tree House (4.0)
Bear Watch (4.5) |
| An
Early American Hero (5-6) |
Sequence |
The
Final Moments (5.0)
Navajo Ceremonies and Sand Paintings (5.5)
The Taking (5.5) |
| The
New Kid In Town (5-6) |
Characterization |
The
New Kid In Town (5)
Nellie Bly (5.0)
A Difficult Decision (5.5)
The Jackal's Lawsuit (5.0)
Brother to the Wind (5.0)
The Taking (5.5) |
| Living
Long Ago (5-6) |
Comparisons |
Against
a Deadly Enemy (6.0)
The Brightest Star of All (6.5) ) |
| Winds
Of Change (5-6) |
Cause/effect |
The
Terrible Leak (6.0)
Spaceship Earth (6.0)
Climb of Courage (6.0)
Rose (6.5)
Faith Ringgold (6.5)
Esteban and the Marionettes (6.5) |
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