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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell H
Reading Recovery 13-14
DRA 14
The Owl and the Pussycat
Fantasy (fiction), 231 words, Level H (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Retell
Comprehension Sequence Events
Phonological Awareness Rhyme
Phonics Diphthongs
Grammar and Mechanics Adjectives
Word Work Compound Words

Book Summary
The Owl and the Pussycat is a charming retelling of the classic story, told in rhyme. In this story, the owl and the pussycat decide to sail away to be together. When they arrive at their destination, they are married by the turkey who lives on the hill and live happily ever after.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Retell

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of retelling to understand text
  • Identify the sequence of a story
  • Identify and produce rhyme
  • Read and write words with the diphthong /ou/ letter combinations ow and ou
  • Identify adjectives
  • Recognize and understand compound words

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: look, some, went, with
  • Content words: beautiful, fowl, guitar, owl, Pong-tree, pussycat, wonderfully
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