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Grade K
Fountas & Pinnell C
Reading Recovery 3-4
DRA 3-4
Allie and Ollie
Realistic (fiction), 50 words, Level C (Grade K)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Visualize
Comprehension Compare and Contrast
Phonological Awareness Segment Syllables
Phonics Consonants
Grammar and Mechanics Compound Subject
Word Work Alphabetizing

Book Summary

Allie and Ollie are dogs, but they think they are people. How can dogs and people be alike? Read this story about two cute dogs and find out. This book provides the opportunity for students to compare and contrast as well as visualize as they read. High-frequency words and repetitive phrases make this book perfect for beginning readers. Illustrations support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Visualize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand and remember story events
  • Compare and contrast characteristics of dogs and people in fiction text
  • Segment syllables using auditory cues
  • Identify and write the symbol for initial consonant Dd
  • Identify and use compound subjects
  • Understand how to alphabetize words

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: and, are, just, like, they
  • Content words: Allie, chase, dogs, Ollie, people, sisters
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