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Grade K
Fountas & Pinnell A
Reading Recovery 1
DRA A-1
Opposites
Concept book (nonfiction), 28 words, Level A (Grade K)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Visualize
Comprehension Author's Purpose
Phonological Awareness Word Awareness
Phonics Consonants
Grammar and Mechanics Periods
Word Work High-Frequency Words

Book Summary

What are opposites? Students have the opportunity to learn about opposite words in this book with supportive photographs. High-frequency words and repetitive text make this book easy for early readers.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Visualize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand text
  • Identify author’s purpose
  • Discriminate words in a sentence
  • Identify initial consonant Ss
  • Recognize periods
  • Identify and write the high-frequency word is

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: is, off, on, this, up
  • Content words: closed, down, fast, open, slow
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