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Reading A-Z Level Level L Books
Grade 2
Fountas & Pinnell K
Reading Recovery 18
DRA 20
The 100th Day Project
Realistic (fiction), 461 words, Level L (Grade 2)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Summarize
Comprehension Sequence Events
Phonics Consonant Digraphs
Grammar and Mechanics Adjectives
Word Work Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers

Book Summary

The 100th Day Project is a story about a young girl who is assigned a special homework project for the 100th day of school. Leticia needs to fill a large piece of paper with 100 things. However, she doesn't want to fill her paper with just anything; she wants it to be special. Her mother and brother help her come up with something fantastic, and it becomes the favorite project of the class. Illustrations support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Summarize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand text
  • Sequence events in a story
  • Identify and fluently read the sh consonant digraph
  • Identify adjectives and the nouns they describe
  • Read and identify the correct use of cardinal and ordinal numbers

Vocabulary

  • Content words: brainstorm, celebrate, creative, curious, grid, messages, objects, project, surprised
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