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Mystery (fiction), 3,127 words, Level V (Grade 4), Lexile 710L
While on a field trip to the Anasazi ruins in Colorado, Stanley DeCapers is determined to solve the mystery of the vanishing Anasazi. With a friend's help, he manages to slip away from the group and strike out on his own to search for clues. He meets a mysterious man who tells him that the Anasazi left their cliff dwellings to move to another place. When Stanley asks why they moved, the man tells him "there are some mysteries the sky will never reveal."
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Guided Reading Lesson
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Reading Strategy Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions
Comprehension Understand and identify story elements of characters, setting, plot, and theme
Grammar and Mechanics Understand and identify coordinate and cumulative adjectives
Word Work Identify and use homophones
Think, Collaborate, Discuss Promote higher-order thinking for small groups or whole class
