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Reading A-Z Level
Grade 2
Fountas & Pinnell M
Reading Recovery 20
DRA 28
Troika: Canine Superhero
Adventure (fiction), 1,100 words, Level O (Grade 2)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Comprehension Sequence Events
Grammar and Mechanics Complete Sentences
Word Work Contractions

Book Summary

Troika: Canine Superhero recounts the adventures of a boy and his dog. Troika got his name after saving his master's life on three separate occasions. Despite losing a leg protecting his master form a grizzly bear, Troika becomes the lead dog in their dogsled team. He saves his owner repeatedly during dangerous Artic adventures. Because of Troika's bravery, his master calls him a superhero.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions
  • Sequence events in text
  • Identify complete sentences
  • Recognize and use contractions

Vocabulary

  • Content words: amputate, canine, grizzly, hibernation, mushing, Russian, superhero, Troika, unpredictable
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