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

Book Resources

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