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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell I
Reading Recovery 15-16
DRA 16
Birds
Informational (nonfiction), 316 words, Level I (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Ask and answer questions
Comprehension Compare and Contrast
Phonological Awareness Segment and Blend Phonemes
Phonics Vowel Digraphs
Grammar and Mechanics Adjectives
Word Work Content Vocabulary

Book Summary
Students will love learning about their feathered friends, from familiar owls to exotic emus. Each page of text has interesting information and engaging photos.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Ask and answer questions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions to understand text
  • Compare and contrast text information
  • Segment and blend phonemes
  • Identify words with long and short ea digraph
  • Identify adjectives
  • Understand content vocabulary

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: but, from, has, it, there, they, this
  • Content words: cockatoos, eagles, emu, hummingbirds, owls, pelican, puffin, roadrunner, toucan, vultures
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