I Fly Hot-Air Balloons
Interview (nonfiction), 419 words, Level K (Grade 2)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Summarize
Comprehension	Main Idea and Details
Phonics	Variant Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics	Adjectives
Word Work	Alphabetizing

Book Summary

Have you ever seen beautiful hot-air balloons floating through the sky? Did you ever wonder how they fly or how the big balloons are steered? Learn the answers to these questions and many more in an interview format with balloonist Dan Saul. Sidebars provide more information for the reader. Photographs support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Summarize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand the text
• Identify main idea and details
• Discriminate variant vowel /oo/
• Identify and use adjectives
• Practice alphabetizing

Vocabulary

• Content words: fuel, nylon, oxygen, satellites, scenery