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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell H
Reading Recovery 13-14
DRA 14
Grasshopper's Gross Lunch
Humorous (fiction), 181 words, Level H (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Retell
Comprehension Reality and Fantasy
Phonological Awareness Initial Consonants
Phonics Consonant Blends
Grammar and Mechanics Past-Tense Verbs
Word Work Alphabetizing

Book Summary
Day after day, grasshopper grazed on green grass and leaves. Then he decided to try some new foods. Will the new foods taste great or gross? Grasshopper's Gross Lunch provides the opportunity to discuss the difference between reality and fantasy with emergent 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 reality and fantasy
  • Discriminate initial consonant blend gr
  • Identify initial consonant blend gr
  • Identify and use past-tense verbs
  • Alphabetize words

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: are, eat, said, these, they, will
  • Content words: grasshopper, grazed, greeted, grinned, groaned, gross, grumpy
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