Unit 3

How Does the Human Body Work?

Reader's Notebook

Body Organs: Your Lungs

Pages 130 and 131 of Literacy in Action 5A. 


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Anatomy of human lungs

Reading Strategies


The three reading strategies Nancy uses to make meaning of scientific explanations are ask questions, pause and check, and summarize. You will practise using these strategies when you read the next selection.

All reading strategies are connected. For example, when you pause and check, you often ask questions. Good readers choose strategies that will best help them - they do not just work with one strategy at a time.

  1. Preview Your Lungs on pages 130 and 131 of Literacy in Action 5A by reading the title and headings, and looking at the visuals and captions.
  2. Fill in the chart at the beginning of the Reader's Notebook: Body Organs: Your Lungs.
  3. Answer Questions 1 and 2 in the Before Reading section of the Reader's Notebook: Body Organs: Your Lungs.




Document: Reader's Notebook: Body Organs: Your Lungs
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  1. Download the document Reader's Notebook: Body Organs: Your Lungs.
  2. IMPORTANT NOTE: When the download screen opens:
      • Click the "Open with" button.
      • Select "Adobe Reader".
      • Click "OK".
      • You will then be able to view the document Reader's Notebook: Body Organs: Your Lungs.

  3. Print the document.

Remember, as you read you should


  • think about what you know about the topic
  • ask questions as you read to find out more about the topic
  • remember details, and pause and check your understanding of the topic

Do the following:


  1. Read the first paragraph on page 130 of Literacy in Action 5A.
      • Answer Questions 1 and 2 of the During Reading section in the Reader's Notebook: Body Organs: Your Lungs. Write down what the most important idea in the paragraph is, and one detail that surprised you.

    1. Reread the paragraph. Check to see if any of your own ideas about the lungs are correct.
        • Answer Questions 3 to 5 of the During Reading section in the Reader's Notebook: Body Organs: Your Lungs.
      1. Read the two paragraphs on page 131 of Literacy in Action 5A.
          • Answer Questions 6 to 9 of the During Reading section in the Reader's Notebook: Body Organs: Your Lungs. Write down what you think the most important idea in each paragraph is, and one detail that surprised you for the second and third paragraphs.

        1. Reread each paragraph, making sure to pause and check your understanding of the important parts.
            • Answer Questions 10 and 11 of the During Reading section of the Reader's Notebook: Body Organs: Your Lungs.

          Video

          Video

          Watch the Kids Lung Health video.

          Answer Question 12 of the During Reading section in the Reader's Notebook: Body Organs: Your Lungs.

          Cause and Effect Words


          • If, then
          • because
          • when

          Do the following:


          1. Take out the Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer that you used to examine the poster Body Organs: Your Brain.
          2. Remember that Cause and Effect charts:
              • identify key ideas and specific details
              • show thinking about how one thing (cause) can impact another (effect)
              • use cause and effect words

            1. Review how you completed the Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer to analyze the poster Body Organs: Your Brain.
            2. Complete the worksheet Analyzing Body Organs: Your Lungs to examine Cause and Effect relationships in this selection.




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            1. Download the document Analyzing Body Organs: Your Lungs.
            2. IMPORTANT NOTE: When the download screen opens:
                • Click the "Open with" button.
                • Select "Adobe Reader".
                • Click "OK".
                • You will then be able to view the document Analyzing Body Organs: Your Lungs.

            3. Print the document.

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            Reader's Notebook

            Answer the question in the After Reading section of the Reader's Notebook: Body Organs: Your Lungs.
            Vocabulary Chart

            Add any unfamiliar words you encountered when reading this selection to the Vocabulary Building Chart.
            KWL Chart

            Add any new questions you have about the lungs to your KWL Chart.
            Think About It

            • What strategy/strategies did you use to read the selection and how did it/they help you?
            • When did you use the strategy - before, during, or after your reading?
            Extension Activity
            Websites

            Websites

            If you are interested in learning more about the different body systems and playing some interactive games related to the human body, check out the following websites:




            Save

            How to save a file:

            1. Scan the documents to your computer.
            2. Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
            3. Name your Reader's Notebook: Body Organs: Your Lungs file in this format: jsmith_rnyourlungs and save the file to your Documents folder.
            4. Name your Analyzing Body Organs: Your Lungs file in this format: jsmith_analyzingyourlungs and save the file to your Documents folder.
            Compare your responses with those in the Key by clicking here.