I Can Be

Reading Strategy	Visualize
Comprehension	Reality and Fantasy
Phonological Awareness	Initial Consonants
Phonics	Consonants
Grammar and Mechanics	Subject
Word Work	High-Frequency Words

Book Summary

What can you pretend to be? This book prompts students to think imaginatively and comparatively as they describe themselves. Students will learn descriptive words that relate to themselves as well as to individual animals. Detailed, supportive illustrations and repetitive phrases support early readers.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

Visualize

Objectives

Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand the text
Identify reality/fantasy in ideas, situations, and events
Listen for and discriminate initial consonant /s/ sound
Identify initial consonant Ss
Recognize I as a simple subject in a sentence
Recognize and use high-frequency words

Vocabulary

High-frequency words: as, be, can, I, like, many, me
Content words: also, cheetah, fast, just, lion, loud, meek, mouse, peacock, proud, silent, slow, slug, snake

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