Building a Bridge
Informational (nonfiction), 312 words, Level I (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Summarize
Comprehension	Sequence Events
Phonological Awareness	R-Controlled Vowels
Phonics	R-Controlled Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics	Time-Order Words
Word Work	Content Vocabulary

Book Summary

Have you ever looked at a bridge and wondered how it was built? Building a Bridge is a great photo book that shows some of the amazing bridges that exist. It explains various types of bridges and details how a bridge is built.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Summarize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand text
• Sequence events
• Discriminate final r-controlled /er/
• Recognize, sort, and classify words with r-controlled /er/
• Identify time-order words
• Understand content vocabulary

Vocabulary

• High-frequency words: some, these, they, this, under, were
• Content words: first, legs, simple, stone, table, trucks, wood, years

Book Resources

Formats Single-Sided Book Single-Sided Color Cover Double-Sided Book Double-Sided Color Cover Pocketbook Lesson Resources Lesson Plan Worksheets Discussion Cards Comprehension Quiz Level I Answer Sheet