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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell D
Reading Recovery 5-6
DRA 6
Lily the Cat
Realistic (fiction), 71 words, Level D (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Retell
Comprehension Sequence Events
Phonological Awareness Segment Onset and Rime
Phonics Short Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics Past-Tense Verbs
Word Work Position Words

Book Summary
Lily the cat woke up from her nap and decided to look around the house. What will Lily see as she goes around the house? Lily the Cat provides the opportunity for students to retell the story as well as sequence events. Illustrations support the text. High-frequency words and repetitive phrases make this book a great choice for beginning readers.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Retell

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of retelling to understand and remember story events
  • Sequence events
  • Segment onset and rime
  • Identify short /a/ vowel
  • Identify and use past tense verbs
  • Identify and use position words

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: from, her, saw, she
  • Content words: chair, circled, couch, crossed, curled, jumped, strolled, table, walked
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