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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell G
Reading Recovery 11-12
DRA 12
Dogs at Work
Informational (nonfiction), 180 words, Level G (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension Main Idea and Details
Phonological Awareness Discriminate Initial Consonant Blend
Phonics Consonant Blends
Grammar and Mechanics Plurals
Word Work Alphabetizing

Book Summary
Dogs at Work introduces readers to the many ways that dogs are trained to help people. The book explains a wide variety of canine jobs, some of which are quite unusual. Illustrations support the text.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand nonfiction text
  • Identify main idea and details
  • Discriminate initial consonant blend /sm/
  • Identify initial consonant blend sm
  • Identify plural nouns
  • Understand how to alphabetize words

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: away, find, have, help, how, make, some, them
  • Content words: friendly, harm, hunter, natural, senses, special, solve, strange, wild
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