Book Summary
Emmanuel and Victor never expected to find such archeological wonders in France. Come with them as they discover Font de Gaume, a cave with Paleolithic paintings, and Prehisto Parc, filled with life-sized scenes of these ancient peoples. The boys and their parents experience firsthand what life was like for early humans, and you will, too!

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Summarize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand text
• Identify main idea and details
• Identify compound predicates in sentences
• Arrange words in alphabetical order to the third letter

Materials

• Book -- A Trip to a Prehistoric Cave (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Dictionaries
• Main idea and details/summary, compound predicate, alphabetical order worksheets
• Discussion cards

      Indicates an opportunity for students to mark in the book. (All activities may be demonstrated by projecting book on interactive whiteboard or completed with paper and pencil if books are reused.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: archaeologists, engraved, enhance, Homo sapiens, illuminate, lured, outcroppings, Paleolithic, polychromatic, unison