Level G

Common Core Supplement All Kinds of Homes

Key Question
What makes homes the same or different?

Vocabulary
Academic vocabulary
• another (adj.), different (adj.), same (adj.)
Discuss each academic vocabulary word with students. Point to the use of each
word in the book, and then use each word in a different model sentence. Have
students work in groups to create posters for these words. Include on each poster:
the word and its part of speech, the definition, the word in an example sentence,
and a picture (if possible) illustrating the meaning of the word. Hang these posters up in the
classroom for students to see and refer to as they encounter the words within other texts,
lessons, and assignments.

Story words
• apartments (n.), floors (n.), homes (n.), houseboat (n.), neighbors (n.), strange (adj.)
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Text features: Table of contents

Before reading, have students locate the table of contents on page 3. Review the headings listed
in the table of contents. Ask: What information would you expect to find under each of the head-
ings? Why do the page numbers in the table of contents skip certain numbers? Explain that the
table of contents helps readers to locate information within the text.

Ask and answer questions

Have students use the discussion about the table of contents to generate their own questions
about the book. As they read, have students highlight information in the text that answers those
questions. After reading, discuss as a group.

Graphic organizer: Classify information

Have students complete the lesson graphic organizer to classify information about different kinds
of homes.

Text-dependent questions
Next to each answer, have students write the page number(s) where they found information
in the text to answer the questions.
• How is a house different from an apartment? (level 2)
• What can a cabin be made of? (level 1)
• What makes a home a motor home? (level 2)
• Where would you find a houseboat? (level 3)
• Why are some homes “special”? (level 3)

Response to reading
Have students cite specific evidence from the book to answer the key question.

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All Kinds of Homes • Level G

Common Core Supplement

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