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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell I
Reading Recovery 15-16
DRA 16
Childhood Stories of George Washington
Historical (fiction), 318 words, Level I (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Ask and answer questions
Comprehension Cause and Effect
Phonological Awareness Initial and Final Blends
Phonics Consonant Blends
Grammar and Mechanics Periods
Word Work Antonyms

Book Summary
This is a illustrated collection of famous stories about the first U.S. president, George Washington. Each story includes examples of how George Washington was an honest person, even as a child.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Ask and answer questions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions to understand text
  • Cause and effect
  • Discriminate initial and final consonant blend /st/ in words
  • Identify words with initial and final blend st
  • Place periods in the correct location within a story
  • Identify words that mean the opposite (antonyms)

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: day, did, down, my, no
  • Content words: bucked, George Washington, harshly, hatchet, honest, president, tumbled
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