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Use The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More! by Seymour Simon to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

Our brains function better than the world's most powerful computers! This nonfiction text by an award-winning author, Seymour Simon, provides an overview of how our brains function and glimpse at what the various nervous system components look like. Assist your students in comprehending scientific information by using the mini lessons and resources focused on asking questions, determining importance, retelling, synthesizing, and understanding the text structure.
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Asking Questions with The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More!

This mini lesson will guide students through how to ask questions before, during, and after reading a nonfiction text. Asking questions with The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More! by Seymour Simon helps to ensure that the reader is understanding the scientific information presented by the author.
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RI.4.1,RI.4.3,RI.4.4,RI.4.10,RF.4.3,RF.4.4,SL.4.1c,SL.4.1d,SL.4.2,W.4.8,L.4.6,W.4.9
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4.7F,4.13H,4.13E,4.13C,4.13A,4.9D(iii),4.9D(ii),4.9D(i),4.7G,4.1A,4.7E,4.7D,4.7C,4.7B,4.6I,4.6B,4.6A,4.1C
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Determining Importance with The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More!

The brain and nervous system are very complex. With the presentation of a large amount of scientific information, students will need to pay attention to vocabulary words and key facts to determine what is important for them to remember.
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RI.4.2,RI.4.7,RI.4.8,RI.4.10,RF.4.3,RF.4.4,SL.4.1c,SL.4.1d,SL.4.2,W.4.8,L.4.6,W.4.9
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4.7D,4.13H,4.13E,4.13C,4.10A,4.9D(iii),4.9D(ii),4.9D(i),4.7G,4.7F,4.7E,4.1A,4.7C,4.7B,4.7A,4.6I,4.6H,4.6G,4.6E,4.6B,4.6A,4.1C
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Retelling & Summarizing with The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More!

The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More! is an ideal anchor text to use to build retelling and summarizing skills. Students will gain valuable practice using their own words to remember the important information presented in a nonfiction text.
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RI.4.2,RI.4.3,RI.4.8,RI.4.10,RF.4.3,RF.4.4,SL.4.1c,SL.4.1d,SL.4.2,W.4.8,L.4.6,W.4.9
TEKS Alignment
4.7D,4.13H,4.13E,4.13C,4.9D(iii),4.9D(ii),4.9D(i),4.8A,4.7G,4.7F,4.7E,4.1A,4.7C,4.7B,4.7A,4.6I,4.6H,4.6G,4.6B,4.6A,4.1C
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Synthesizing with The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More!

In order for readers to more fully understand the information presented in The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More!, they must learn how to add the new information to what they already know about the brain. Follow this synthesizing mini lesson to teach readers how to be metacognitive about the information they learn while reading this nonfiction text.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
RI.4.10,W.4.9,L.4.6,W.4.8,SL.4.2,SL.4.1d,SL.4.1c,RF.4.4,RF.4.3,RI.4.1,RI.4.9,RI.4.7,RI.4.6,RI.4.5,RI.4.4,RI.4.3,RI.4.2
TEKS Alignment
4.7D,4.13H,4.13E,4.13C,4.9D(iii),4.9D(ii),4.9D(i),4.8A,4.7G,4.7F,4.7E,4.1A,4.7C,4.7B,4.7A,4.6I,4.6H,4.6E,4.6B,4.6A,4.1C
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Understanding Text Structure with The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More!

Author Seymour Simon incorporates a variety of text structures into The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More! Use this mini lesson and set of student resources to help readers name and notice the key text structures used to explain the complex process of the brain.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
RI.4.1,RI.4.5,RI.4.7,RI.4.10,RF.4.3,RF.4.4,SL.4.1c,SL.4.1d,SL.4.2,W.4.8,L.4.6,W.4.9
TEKS Alignment
4.7G,4.13H,4.13E,4.13C,4.10C,4.10B,4.9F,4.9D(iii),4.9D(ii),4.9D(i),4.8A,4.1A,4.7F,4.7E,4.7D,4.7C,4.7B,4.6I,4.6B,4.6A,4.1C
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Affixes with The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More!

This word work lesson plan and set of teaching resources use The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More! by Seymour Simon as a springboard for instruction focused on affixes.

By anchoring word study to the text, students will benefit from seeing how Latin and Greek prefixes and suffixes are used inside of the text before engaging in both guided and independent practice with affixes.

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RF.4.3,RF.4.4
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Vocabulary Connections with The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More!

This set of vocabulary development resources for The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More! highlights the words that are most important for students to know and understand while reading the book. Through engaging in fun word games, matching words to definitions and pictures, and practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.

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L.4.4a,L.4.5c,L.4.6
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4.7E,4.7F,4.3A,4.3B
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Running Record with The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More!

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More! Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

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Cause and Effect Matching with The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More!

Read The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More! then have some fun matching cause and effect sentences from the book. By using these cause and effect cards, students will demonstrate both their comprehension of the text and their understanding of cause and effect relationships in hands-on and interactive way.

This resource includes matching/sorting cards and a sorting mat for four cause and effect sentences in The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More!. Each cause card is marked with a square and each effect card is marked with a circle, making it easy to support students who struggle with matching cause and effect relationships.
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Cause and Effect Sentence Stems with The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More!

Understanding cause and effect is a key comprehension and language skill. The text structure of The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More! includes several examples of cause and effect relationships, making it easy to use as a springboard for modeling or independent practice.

This simple resource includes four sentence stems. Each sentence stem presents an effect. Students will use what they know about the book to fill in the cause of the effect.
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Vocabulary Assessment with The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More!

The BookPagez extension activities are a great way to push student engagement beyond the pages of the text. Try using this activity with early finishers, with students who show a deeper connection with the text, or as a center activity.
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Asking Questions with The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More! (Spanish)

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Determining Importance with The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More! (Spanish)

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Retelling & Summarizing with The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More! (Spanish)

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Synthesizing with The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More! (Spanish)

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Understanding Text Structure with The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More! (Spanish)

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Vocabulary Assessment with The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More! (Spanish)

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Title: The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More!
Author: Seymour Simon
Genre: Informational, Nonfiction
Themes: Human Body
ISBN: 9780060877187
Publisher's Summary:
The Brain: All about Our Nervous System and More! by Seymour Simon is an engaging and accessible introduction to the wonders of the human brain, designed especially for young readers. With clear explanations and vivid full-color photographs, the book invites children to explore how their brains and nervous systems work together to control everything they do—from walking and talking to thinking and feeling. Simon, a celebrated science author, presents fascinating facts in a way that sparks curiosity and encourages further discovery. Readers learn that the brain is roughly the size of a large grapefruit, that it continues to grow until about age seven, and that it is responsible for everything that makes us unique. The book also highlights key structures such as the spinal cord and nerves, and explains how messages travel throughout the body. The straightforward language and engaging visuals make complex topics approachable, making this book an ideal resource for classroom discussions, science lessons, or independent reading. Teachers will find it especially useful for supporting science standards and encouraging young students to appreciate the amazing organ inside their heads.
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