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Nami's Gifts
Realistic (fiction), 220 words, Level H (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Retell
Comprehension Problem and Solution
Phonological Awareness Final Blends
Phonics Consonant Blends
Grammar and Mechanics Past-Tense Verbs
Word Work High-Frequency Words

Book Summary

Nami has a problem: She must make the perfect gift for each person in her family. It is her family tradition. She cannot think of the perfect gift for Aunt Hoshi. What will she make for her aunt? Nami's Gifts provides the opportunity to introduce the story elements of problem and solution to emergent readers. Pictures support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Retell

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of retelling to understand and remember story events
  • Identify problem and solution
  • Discriminate final consonant blend /st/
  • Identify final consonant blend st
  • Identify and use past-tense verbs
  • Recognize and write the high-frequency word them

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: here, know, next, made, put, saw, then, went, were
  • Content words: clues, collects, gift, tradition
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