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When heavy rains flood villages in South Asia, some kids go to schools on boats!
Floating Schools Students inside a floating school.
Runa Khatun, 10, has a tough time getting to school. The roads in her village are sometimes submerged under 12 feet of water! But Runa won’t have to miss class anymore. Now when she can’t get to school, the school comes to her. Her classroom is on a boat!
All Aboard Runa lives in Bangladesh, a country in South Asia. Every year, from July through October, strong winds called monsoons blow across Bangladesh. They bring heavy rains that cause rivers to overflow and flood homes and schools. “During a monsoon, Words to Know submerged: covered by water architect: a person who designs buildings constructs: builds
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there is water everywhere,” Runa explains. “Everything is shut down.” An architect named Mohammed Rezwan is helping to change that. He constructs floating schools so kids can learn despite the weather. The boats pick up students, just as school buses do. “They float right up to our doors,” says Runa. The classrooms onboard aren’t that different from American classrooms.
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On the boats, kids read books, practice writing, and answer math problems on a chalkboard. Today, there are about 20 floating schools throughout Bangladesh. More are on the way. “If students can’t get to school,” says Rezwan, “then the school should go to them.”
Don’t Look Down! Weather isn’t the only thing that makes it hard for some kids to get to school. These kids live in China. Their school is so far away that they have to walk miles—up a mountain— to get there! The only way to get to the school is along the edge of a cliff. The principal joins the kids on their hair-raising hike to class.
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Next, focus on the images associated with this week’s cover story—not only the photos and map on page 2, but the photo on the cover as well.
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Have students analyze each image for details that might tell them more about what the story is about. For example, in the cover photo, students might point out what the children are carrying or guess what the benches on top of the boat are used for. They could also look at the kids’ clothing to figure out climate.
Focus on one prefix used in the cover story, sub-. Have students find the Word to Know that uses this prefix. Then, as a class, make a list of other words that share this prefix, such as submarine. Have students deduce that the prefix means “underneath or below.” (In this case, submerged means under water.)
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Core Questions Extend your lesson with these critical-thinking questions: • How are the main ideas of the article and the sidebar similar? How are they different? (RI.3.9) • Do you think students go to school on the boats for the entire school year? Why or why not? (RI.3.1)
Fast Facts by the Numbers • 30: Students who can fit on one boat • 50 feet long by 10 feet wide: Size of the school boats • 20,000: Students who have been served by the boats
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Analyzing Visuals Common Core RI.3.7
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A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words When people say that a picture is worth a thousand words, they mean you can get a lot of information from it. Take a closer look at the visuals with the cover story, including the photos and the map. Use the graphic organizer below to write what you notice in each of them. Then write how the visuals support the information in the article.
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