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Arthur's Bad News Day
Level I
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| Grade |
1 |
| Fountas & Pinnell |
I |
| Reading Recovery |
15-16 |
| DRA |
16 |
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Arthur's Bad News Day
Realistic (fiction), 336 words,
Level I (Grade 1)
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Lesson Objectives |
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| Reading Strategy |
Make, revise, and confirm predictions |
| Comprehension |
Cause and Effect |
| Phonological Awareness |
Sound Discrimination |
| Phonics |
Open Vowels |
| Grammar and Mechanics |
Exclamatory Sentences |
| Word Work |
Question Words |
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Book Summary |
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Arthur has been an only child for eight years and has just found out that a little sister is on the way. At first, Arthur is unhappy about the many ways in which her arrival will disrupt his life. He changes his tune after he holds her for the first time. Illustrations support the text.
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About the Lesson |
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Targeted Reading Strategy
- Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Objectives
- Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions
- Identify cause and effect
- Discriminate short /a/ and long /a/ vowels
- Read and identify open /y/ vowel words
- Understand the use of and identify exclamatory sentences
- Recognize and use question words
Vocabulary
High-frequency words: from, have, must, new, now, play, said, some, them, there, they, well, with
Content words: awful, bundle, diapers, embrace, focus, gigantic, incredible, nearly, ruin, syrup, tickling, ugh, usually, wriggles, yuck
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