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Reading A-Z Level
Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell I
Reading Recovery 15-16
DRA 16
Winter Vacation
Realistic (fiction), 180 words, Level I (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Retell
Comprehension Problem and Solution
Phonological Awareness Discriminate Variant Vowel Sounds
Phonics Variant Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics Quotation Marks
Word Work High-Frequency Words

Book Summary
Denise is bored. It is winter vacation, and she is out of things to do. While she is waiting for it to snow, she does puzzles and reads books. How will Denise stay busy while waiting for the snow? Winter Vacation provides the opportunity to introduce problem and solution to early readers. Illustrations 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 variant vowel /oo/
  • Identify variant vowel oo
  • Identify and use quotation marks
  • Understand and use high-frequency words she and her

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: does, gets, her, play, says, she
  • Content words: arrive, bored, direction, ideas, microphone, neighborhood, squeals, vacation
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