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Grade 2
Fountas & Pinnell M
Reading Recovery 20
DRA 28
Sally Ride
Informational (nonfiction), 1,042 words, Level O (Grade 2)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Ask and answer questions
Comprehension Sequence Events
Grammar and Mechanics Proper Nouns
Word Work Alphabetizing

Book Summary
At age 32 Sally Ride was not only the first American woman in space, she was also the youngest astronaut in NASA's history--male or female. This book highlights her accomplishments and describes her training. Other women astronauts are introduced, and the Challenger's excursions are described. NASA photographs and captions support the text.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Ask and answer questions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions
  • Identify the sequence of events
  • Identify and create proper nouns
  • Alphabetize vocabulary words

Vocabulary

  • Content words: astronaut, astrophysics, boosters, galaxies, gravity, launch, orbiting, recruiting, reentry, restraint, rocket, satellites, space shuttle
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