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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell H
Reading Recovery 13-14
DRA 14
Weird Bird Beaks
Informational (nonfiction), 130 words, Level H (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Summarize
Comprehension Compare and Contrast
Phonological Awareness Medial Sound
Phonics Vowel Digraphs
Grammar and Mechanics Adjectives
Word Work Antonyms

Book Summary
Have you ever wondered why some birds have such weird beaks? Have you wondered how they can eat or fly with such oddly shaped beaks? Weird Bird Beaks provides insight as to why some birds have the weird beaks they do. Illustrations support the text.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Summarize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand nonfiction text
  • Identify details to compare and contrast beaks
  • Manipulate medial sounds
  • Read words with long /e/ digraphs
  • Identify adjectives and the nouns they describe
  • Recognize and use antonyms

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: long, use, very
  • Content words: beak, bearded barbet, crossbill, pelican, rhinoceros hornbill, shoebill stork, spoonbill, sword-billed hummingbird, toucan
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