The 100th Day Project
Realistic (fiction), 344 words, Level I (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Summarize
Comprehension	Sequence Events
Phonological Awareness	Sound Discrimination
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
• Recognize the /sh/ sound in words
• 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: celebrate, creative, project

Book Resources

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