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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell H
Reading Recovery 13-14
DRA 14
Legs, Wings, Fins, and Flippers
Informational (nonfiction), 182 words, Level H (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Summarize
Comprehension Classify Information
Phonological Awareness Segment Syllables
Phonics Short Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics Verbs
Word Work Alphabetizing

Book Summary
Animals move in many ways, and they use different body parts to help them get from place to place. Legs, Wings, Fins, and Flippers provides emergent readers the opportunity to summarize text and classify information. Photographs support the text.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Summarize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand and remember informational text
  • Classify information presented in text
  • Segment syllables
  • Identify short /i/ vowel
  • Identify and use verbs
  • Alphabetize words

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: have, many, these, use
  • Content words: chicks, leap, webbed
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