Unit 3

How Does the Human Body Work?

Reader's Notebook

Reading in Science

Summarize after Reading, page 127 of Literacy in Action 5A.


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You have been reading scientific explanations and using the following strategies to assist you to make meaning before and after you read.


  • Ask questions about what you would like to know by looking at the visuals.
  • Pause and check after reading each section to check your understanding.

One strategy that can be used after you read to help you understand and remember what you read is Summarize. When you summarize information you identify key details and organize it in some way.

Answer the question in the Before Reading section of the Reader's Notebook: Summarize After Reading.




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Nancy is back to explain that a text pattern that is often used in scientific explanations is called the Cause and Effect Relationship.


Let's explore the Body Organs: Your Brain poster using a Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer.

  • When writers are explaining something, they often use words and phrases to show how one thing can affect another.
    • For example, under How Does it Work? it states that the brain sends messages and that these messages "tell your heart to beat and your lungs to breathe." This is a Cause and Effect Relationship.
    • The Cause is the brain sends messages.
    • The Effect is the heart will beat and the lungs will breathe.

  • I would fill in the box called Effects with the words "A Healthy Brain".

  • Next, I take another look at the web pages, by clicking here and here. Next read them over this time identifying key ideas, details and causes that would have an effect on a healthy brain.


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Reader's Notebook

Answer the question in the After Reading section of the Reader's Notebook: Summarize After Reading.
Think About It

How does a Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer help you think about the ideas and information in an explanation?


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