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Reading A-Z Level Level aa Books
Grade K
Fountas & Pinnell A
Reading Recovery 1
DRA A-1
Counting Letters
Concept book (nonfiction), 17 words, Level aa (Grade K)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension Classify Information
Phonological Awareness Initial Consonants
Phonics Consonants
Grammar and Mechanics Capitalization
Word Work Number Words

Book Summary

Counting Letters provides a perfect way to introduce number words to beginning readers, as well as discuss the concepts of letters and words. Repetitive text and photographs provide support.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand text
  • Classify information
  • Discriminate initial consonant sound /l/
  • Identify initial consonant Ll
  • Recognize capital letters
  • Identify and use number words

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: five, four, one, seven, six, three, two
  • Content words: great, letter, letters, words
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