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Grade 5
Fountas & Pinnell U-W
Reading Recovery N/A
DRA 50
Leo the Lion
Realistic (fiction), 2,274 words, Level Z (Grade 5)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Visualize
Comprehension Analyze Character
Grammar and Mechanics Dash
Word Work Synonyms and Antonyms

Book Summary
When a fox frightens Leo while in the woods, he runs farther into the woods, which causes him and his friend Dontrelle to get lost. Just when Leo thinks all hope is lost of finding their way back home, Dontrelle teaches him how to use constellations in the night sky to navigate.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Visualize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand text
  • Analyze characters in the text
  • Understand the use of a dash as punctuation
  • Recognize and use synonyms and antonyms

Vocabulary

  • Content words: adrenaline rush, aligned, begrudgingly, constellations, exacerbated, furtively, inadvertently, incredulous, insight, protruding, quaint, resigned, respective, standoffishly
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