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Grade K
Fountas & Pinnell A
Reading Recovery 1
DRA A-1
My Hair
Personal Narrative (fiction), 33 words, Level A (Grade K)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension Main Idea and Details
Phonological Awareness Initial Consonants
Phonics Consonants
Grammar and Mechanics Adjectives
Word Work Antonyms

Book Summary
Just as in real life, each child's hair is as unique as he or she is: curly, straight, dark, or light. Students will learn the concept of diversity, new adjective vocabulary, and reinforced high-frequency words.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to make meaning from text
  • Identify main ideas and supporting details
  • Discriminate initial sound /h/
  • Associate the letter Hh with the sound /h/
  • Recognize words that describe (adjectives)
  • Identify words that are opposites (antonyms)

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: is, like, my, what, your
  • Content words: black, blond, braided, curly, hair, long, short, straight
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