SHAPES AND SOLIDS OUTDOORSSHAPES AND SOLIDS OUTDOORSVocabulary• Use direct definitions and descriptions to determine word meaning: What

does the word cube mean in this book? Look for clues on page 5. (Answer: asolid with corners, edges, and six square faces; Clues/evidence: a cube is asolid; a cube has corners and edges; a cube has six faces; each face is theshape of a square)

• Use direct definitions and descriptions to determine word meaning:What does the term rectangular prism mean in this book? Look forclues on pages 8 and 9. (Answer: a solid with faces that are squares andrectangles; Clues/evidence: this prism is a solid; this prism has six faces;some faces are squares; some faces are rectangles)

• Use direct definitions and descriptions to determine word meaning:What does the word sphere mean in this book? Look for clues on page 14.(Answer: a solid with no corners or faces; Clues/evidence: some solids arespheres; a sphere does not have corners; a sphere does not have faces)

• Use direct definitions and descriptions to determine word meaning:What does the word cone mean in this book? Look for clues on page 17.(Answer: a solid with a circle base; Clues/evidence: the cone is a solid;a part of the cone is a circle)

Find It! Level 1 Comprehension• Identify facts and details: You can make a ____ from a flat shape.(prism, page 11)

• Identify facts and details: A ball is a . . . (sphere, page 15)

Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension• Compare and contrast: How is a cube and a rectangular prism alike and

different? Explain your answer. Use a Venn diagram to answer this question.(both are solids with six faces; both have edges and corners; cubes have sixsquare faces; rectangular prisms have faces that are squares and rectangles,pages 5, 8–11)

• Identify stated main idea: What sentence tells the main idea for page 6?(“A square is a shape.”)

• Identify stated main idea: What sentence tells the main idea for page 10?(“People use prisms every day.”)

• Compare and contrast: A ball and Earth are alike. How are they alike?(they are both spheres, pages 14 and 15)

LEVEL K/20

CUBE

Six squarefaces

BOTH

Solids;six faces;edges andcorners

RECTAN-GULARPRISM

Facesthat are

squares andrectangles

Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension• Make inferences: Look at pages 6 and 7. The squares on the game are flat.

How can you tell? (all shapes are flat; a square is flat)• Use graphic features to interpret information: Look at the diagram on

page 12. What can you tell about the rectangle? (Answer: the rectangle hastwo short sides and two long sides; Clues/evidence: the diagram showstwo sides labeled “short”; the diagram shows two sides labeled “long”)

• Make inferences: The base of a cone is curved. How can you tell? (theoutline of a circle is curved; trace a line around the base of this cone;the outline is a circle, pages 16–17)

• Draw conclusions: The outline of Earth is curved. How can you tell? (Earth isa sphere; the outline of a sphere is a circle; a circle is curved, pages 14–16)

Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension• Analyze text structure and organization: Look on page 12. The author uses

description to tell about rectangles. What does the author say aboutrectangles? (rectangles are flat shapes; rectangles have four sides; thisrectangle has two short sides; this rectangle has two long sides, too)

• Evaluate author’s purpose: The author uses a painting on page 13. Why doesthe author use a painting? (to show that rectangles can be found in art)

Early Explorers Set B FluentCopyright © 2007 Benchmark Education Company, LLC. All rights reserved. This card may be photocopied for classroom use only.Based on the Comprehension Through Deductive Reasoning Model developed by Margaret Kilgo.