Ricardo's Dilemma
Realistic (fiction), 1,910 words, Level T (Grade 3)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Comprehension	Draw Conclusions
Grammar and Mechanics	Proper Nouns
Word Work	Idioms

Book Summary

Ricardo loves to play soccer. He is very good at the game, and his team is one of the contenders for the championship. One day, his class goes on a field trip to see the ballet. Ricardo is so impressed by the dancers' performance and ability that he decides to take ballet classes. The trouble is, he is afraid to tell his friends. In the end, Ricardo's ballet training helps him become a hero.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions in text
• Understand and draw conclusions
• Recognize and capitalize proper nouns
• Identify and understand the use of idioms

Vocabulary

• Content words: sathletic, enormous, expansive, exuberant, gracefully, incredibly, meandering, strangely, tiny, whirling

Book Resources

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