U3-L12.1 How Does A Possum Cross The Road?
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Unit 3
Survivors!
Lesson 12
Reader's Notebook
How Does a Possum Cross the Road?
In this lesson, you will read pages 150 to 153 of Literacy in Action 4A.
This selection is written in an interesting style – that of questions and answers.
Scan through the pages of the selection, and you will see the variety of animals the author asks and answers questions about.
Notice the subtitle (a second part of a title that explains the title further): Why are some animals survivors and others endangered? The questions and answers in the reading should help us understand the question in the subtitle better.
As You Read the Selection, Think About This
Why do you think the author chose to write in a question and answer format?
Use the questions on the Readers Notebook: How Does a Possum Cross The Road? to guide your reading on pages 150 to 153 of Literacy in Action 4B and answer them as you read the selection.
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