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Grade K
Fountas & Pinnell A
Reading Recovery 1
DRA A-1
Summer Picnics
Informational (nonfiction), 16 words, Level aa (Grade K)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension Main Idea and Details
Phonological Awareness Initial Consonants
Phonics Consonants
Grammar and Mechanics Periods
Word Work Categorize Words

Book Summary
Summer is a great season for outdoor activities such as picnics. In Summer Picnics, readers learn about all the things people can see while on a picnic during the summer. Strong picture-to-text connections make this an ideal book for 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 sound /s/
  • Identify initial consonant Ss
  • Recognize and use periods
  • Categorize words

Vocabulary

  • Content words: cups, foods, fun, hats, picnics, plates, shoes, summer, sun
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