How Many Bones Are in the Human Body?: read-along
How Many Bones Are in the Human Body? as a read-along for the projector: 12 pages, 1100 words, level 11, grade 6.
Page 1 of 12
The X-ray of Kwesi's hand glowed on the screen like a ghost. Bones he had never seen floated there in rows, and across one finger ran a thin dark line. That was the crack. Kwesi held his own hand up beside the screen and wiggled his fingers to match. "How many bones are in the human body?" he asked the technician, because after a morning of waiting he could not stop wondering. She smiled. "In a grown-up, 206. But the real answer is stranger than a number."
Keys: ← → or Page Up and Page Down turn the page, Space starts and pauses the voice, Home and End jump, F fills the screen. Tapping the right side of a page goes on; the left side goes back.
How to use it
- Press Full screen (F) to put the book on the projector.
- Press Read to me (Space), or read it yourself and turn pages with the arrow keys or a tap. Pick the Pace that suits the class.
- After the last page, three questions come up to talk about.
About this book
- Level 11, Grade 6
- 12 pages, 1100 words, about 8 minutes aloud
- A true book, gentle
Related
About How Many Bones Are in the Human Body?
Kwesi stares at an X-ray of his cracked finger and asks how many bones a body really has. The answer turns out to depend on age, on who is counting, and on what counts as a bone.
Words to preview
- marrow (MAIR-oh)
- bone jelly
- cartilage (KAR-tul-ij)
- bendy tissue
- hyoid (HY-oyd)
- neck bone
- sesamoid (SES-uh-moyd)
- tendon bone
Questions that fit any book
- What is one new thing you learned from this book?
- Which page told you the most? What did it say?
- What would you still like to find out about this?
Questions
How long does How Many Bones Are in the Human Body? take to read aloud?
It has 12 pages and 1100 words, so about 8 minutes at the Steady pace and a little less at Quick. If you stop to talk on the way, plan for more.
What reading level is How Many Bones Are in the Human Body??
Level 11, Grade 6. The library numbers its levels from 0 to 18 and puts the level of a book on its cover; level 11 sits at grade 6. A level is a guide for choosing, so look at the pages yourself.
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Where does this book come from?
It was written for Peabody's library as a true book. It is not copied from a textbook or another site.
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