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Mapping Earthforms: Islands
Part of a series exploring land and earthforms, this text investigates what an island is, how it came about, its features and how it can change over time. The book also discusses climate, vegetation, wildlife, settlement, land use and exploitation of the environment.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published April 1, 2000
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May 2, 2015
Personal Reaction: Overall I thought this was an excellent informational book. It has all of the important aspects that are necessary for a well written information book, such as maps, illustrations, bold text, titles, definitions, etc. I also thought that this book provided great information and had excellent geographical facts about islands.
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Curricular Connection: I would definitely use this for a geography lesson. In elementary school, one big concept that is always discussed is landforms and the different types. This would be an excellent supplemental reading for this lesson, as well as a great resource fora student that is doing a project or report over islands.
Independent Reading: This book would be relatively easy for a fourth or fifth grade student to read independently. The vocabulary in the book is relatively easy to understand, and all of the difficult words are defined by the glossary in the back.
Nonfiction Conventions: This book definitely has all of the necessary elements of a great informational book, such as a table of contents, images, maps, bold text, captions, an index, further reading resources, quick facts, a glossary, and an index. This book has plenty of tools necessary for a student to be able to find the information they need relatively quickly. This would also be a great book to use to teach these different elements of informational books to students.
Use in the Classroom:
Curricular Connection: I would definitely use this for a geography lesson. In elementary school, one big concept that is always discussed is landforms and the different types. This would be an excellent supplemental reading for this lesson, as well as a great resource fora student that is doing a project or report over islands.
Independent Reading: This book would be relatively easy for a fourth or fifth grade student to read independently. The vocabulary in the book is relatively easy to understand, and all of the difficult words are defined by the glossary in the back.
Nonfiction Conventions: This book definitely has all of the necessary elements of a great informational book, such as a table of contents, images, maps, bold text, captions, an index, further reading resources, quick facts, a glossary, and an index. This book has plenty of tools necessary for a student to be able to find the information they need relatively quickly. This would also be a great book to use to teach these different elements of informational books to students.
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