Why Is the Ocean Salty?: read-along
Why Is the Ocean Salty? as a read-along for the projector: 10 pages, 616 words, level 9, grade 4.
Page 1 of 10
Take one sip of sea water and you will never forget it. Salt, salt, salt! Nobody poured the ocean out of a salt shaker, so where did all that salt come from? The answer is a long story, and it starts on dry land, with rocks that look as if they could never become part of the sea.
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 9, Grade 4
- 10 pages, 616 words, about 5 minutes aloud
- A true book, gentle
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About Why Is the Ocean Salty?
The sea was never poured from a salt shaker. Follow the salt from rock to rain, from rivers to the sea floor, and find out why it stays.
Words to preview
- dissolve (dih-ZOLV)
- mix in
- minerals (MIN-er-ulz)
- bits of rock
- acidic (uh-SID-ik)
- slightly sour
- evaporation (ih-vap-uh-RAY-shun)
- turning to vapor
- vents
- openings
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 Why Is the Ocean Salty? take to read aloud?
It has 10 pages and 616 words, so about 5 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 Why Is the Ocean Salty??
Level 9, Grade 4. The library numbers its levels from 0 to 18 and puts the level of a book on its cover; level 9 sits at grade 4. A level is a guide for choosing, so look at the pages yourself.
Whose voice is it?
Your browser's own. Read to me uses a speaking voice already on the computer, so it sounds like that computer and works without a sign-in. Voices differ: some light each word as it is spoken, and some do not, in which case the highlight follows a steady pace instead. Some browsers use an online voice; if yours does, the browser, not us, sends the words of the page to its speech service. If no voice is installed, turn the pages and read it aloud yourself.
Do students need an account?
No. Nothing is asked of anyone and nothing is sent to us. Project the page, or share the link and let students open it on their own screens.
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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