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Reading A-Z Level
Grade 4
Fountas & Pinnell Q
Reading Recovery 40
DRA 40
Arrows
Informational Narrative (fiction), 2,375 words, Level U (Grade 4)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Summarize
Comprehension Make Inferences
Grammar and Mechanics Pronouns
Word Work Synonyms

Book Summary
Arrows is a story centered on a thirteen-year-old girl who discovers a series of arrows carved into large boulders. With her grandfather's help, she uncovers a hidden cipher. Will they be able to break the code or will the message remain a mystery? Illustrations and a photograph support the text.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Summarize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand text
  • Understand indirect language by making inferences
  • Identify and understand the use of pronouns
  • Identify and use synonyms

Vocabulary

  • Content words: carbon dating, code, Code Talkers, deciphered, glyph, interpret, Mississippi Choctaw, translate
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