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Grade 2
Fountas & Pinnell M
Reading Recovery 20
DRA 28
A Dog's Tale
Folktale (fiction), 687 words, Level O (Grade 2)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Summarize
Comprehension Cause and Effect
Grammar and Mechanics Adjectives
Word Work Homophones

Book Summary

A Dog's Tale is a retelling of a folktale from Argentina and Paraguay. In this folktale, readers learn that a joke played on dogs by cats long ago is the reason why dogs chase cats today. Illustrations support the story.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Summarize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand text
  • Understand and identify cause-and-effect relationships
  • Recognize adjectives used in text
  • Identify and use homophones

Vocabulary

  • Content words: bared, consequences, managed, mischievous, responded, revenge, tension, vain
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