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Reading A-Z Level Level E Books
Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell E
Reading Recovery 7-8
DRA 8
Police Officers
Informational (nonfiction), 95 words, Level E (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension Main Idea and Details
Phonological Awareness Blend Phonemes
Phonics Short Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics Periods
Word Work High-Frequency Words

Book Summary

A police officer has many different jobs--keeping people safe, enforcing laws, patrolling the streets, solving crimes, and more. In this book, readers learn about what it takes to become a police officer, what police officers wear, how they get around, and how they help people. Detailed illustrations support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand nonfiction text
  • Identify main idea and details in the text
  • Blend phonemes
  • Recognize and read words with short /a/ vowel
  • Recognize that periods are used to end sentences
  • Understand and identify high-frequency word they

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: about, have, here, many, some, they, with, you
  • Content words: crimes, laws, officers, people, police, problems, safe, traffic, travel
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