Farming in Pakistan: Leveled Reader
Book
20 minutesGrades1, 2English Language Arts
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Written by Emily Townsend
About this activity
Through this book, students will learn about the impacts of sea level rise on farming communities. There are three versions of the text representing varying Lexile levels.
Everything you need to teach it
- Leveled Reader: Farming in PakistanView Activity
Teaching tips
- Students participate in guided reading or independent reading of the text that best fits their reading proficiency.
- After reading, discuss the problem and solution presented in the text. For additional prompts, use the Read Aloud Guide: Climate Science Solutions.
- This text may be used in conjunction with a 2nd grade science unit related to 2-LS-1.
- Use the text Farming in Bangladesh as a companion text. Or, assign students one of the texts to read, then pair students reading different texts to discuss similarities and differences.
- A projectable version of the 210-400 Lexile level text is provided
- To use a different version as projectable, copy and paste to replace the text.
From the scientist review
This exercise illustrates the effects of climate change on Pakistani agriculture and the manner in which local farmers are adapting to these effects. The slow-onset sea level rise that causes saltwater intrusion on arable land in Pakistan is a serious problem. We suggest this activity for use in the classroom after carefully going over the activity documents.
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Emily Townsend
K-8 ELL Teacher
Emily Townsend is an educator with 15 years of teaching experience as both a general education teacher and an English Language Learner (ELL) specialist. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education from Drake University and a Master of Arts in Teaching, Leadership, and Cultural Competency from the University of Iowa.
