Animal Coverings
Informational (nonfiction), 25 words, Level B (Grade K)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension	Main Idea and Details
Phonological Awareness	Initial Consonants
Phonics	Consonants
Grammar and Mechanics	Nouns
Word Work	High-Frequency Words

Book Summary

Students will learn about the different types of coverings that animals have in this informational text. Photographs, repetitive text, and high-frequency words support emergent readers.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand text
• Identify main idea and details
• Discriminate initial consonant sound /f/
• Identify initial consonant Ff
• Recognize and use nouns
• Identify and use high-frequency word we

Vocabulary

• High-frequency words: have, just, we
• Content words: armor, feathers, fur, hair, scales, shells, skin, spines

Book Resources

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