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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell J
Reading Recovery 17
DRA 18
Sharks
Informational (nonfiction), 303 words, Level J (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Ask and answer questions
Comprehension Main Idea and Details
Phonological Awareness Final Blends
Phonics Rhyme
Grammar and Mechanics Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Word Work Compound Words

Book Summary
Sharks describes the physical appearances, eating habits, and attack capabilities of sharks. The author points out that although sharks generally are thought of as dangerous killers, only a small percentage actually are. Some kinds of sharks are in danger of becoming extinct and need protection. The text is supported by photographs and illustrations.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Ask and answer questions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions to understand informational text
  • Identify main ideas and details
  • Manipulate final blends
  • Identify rhyming words
  • Recognize and use comparative and superlative adjectives
  • Identify and form compound words

Vocabulary

  • Content words: balance, cartilage, completely, dinosaurs, lobes, steer, surface
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