
Summer Olympics Events
Informational (nonfiction),
153 words,
Level H (Grade 1)
Summer Olympics Events is an informational book that describes some of the sports in which athletes compete during the Summer Olympic Games. Readers will learn about different types of water sports, gymnastics, and track-and-field events. Photographs help students make text-to-picture connections. Book and lesson also available at Levels K and Q.
Book Resources
Lesson Resources
Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand new information in a nonfiction text
Comprehension
Classify information
Phonological Awareness
Manipulate medial sounds
Phonics
Identify spellings for the long /i/ sound
Grammar and Mechanics
Recognize plural nouns formed by adding -s and -es
Word Work
Understand and identify number words
Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand new information in a nonfiction text
Comprehension
Classify information
Phonological Awareness
Manipulate medial sounds
Phonics
Identify spellings for the long /i/ sound
Grammar and Mechanics
Recognize plural nouns formed by adding -s and -es
Word Work
Understand and identify number words








