| Reading A-Z Level |  |
| Ages | 7 - 8 |
| Grade | 2 |
| Fountas & Pinnell | L |
| Reading Recovery | 19 |
| DRA | 24 |
| Lexile | 551-600 |
The Sometimes Friend
Realistic (fiction),
774 words,
Level M (Grade 2)
When you’re the new kid at school, it can be hard to find friends. Lucy is happy when Dinah wants to be her friend . . . at first. But Lucy soon discovers that Dinah might not be the right kind of friend for her. Now what should she do? Readers will relate to Lucy’s problem as she tries to figure out what to do in this difficult social situation.
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Preteach the Vocabulary
Story Words
accident, complained, compliments, confuses, hesitated, lies, opposite, panic, relief, scanned, weird
accident, complained, compliments, confuses, hesitated, lies, opposite, panic, relief, scanned, weird
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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand text
Comprehension
Make inferences
Phonics
Identify and categorize the two sounds of variant vowel /oo/
Grammar and Mechanics
Identify and use irregular past-tense verbs
Word Work
Identify and find synonyms in a thesaurus
Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand text
Comprehension
Make inferences
Phonics
Identify and categorize the two sounds of variant vowel /oo/
Grammar and Mechanics
Identify and use irregular past-tense verbs
Word Work
Identify and find synonyms in a thesaurus
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Assess the Objectives
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