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Reading A-Z Level Level K Books
Grade 2
Fountas & Pinnell J
Reading Recovery 17
DRA 18
Strange Plants
Informational (nonfiction), 431 words, Level K (Grade 2)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Summarize
Comprehension Main Idea and Details
Phonics Consonant Blends
Grammar and Mechanics Adjectives
Word Work Content Vocabulary

Book Summary

Strange Plants is an informative look at unusual plants around the world. This book includes photographs of these strange plants and descriptions of their unusual qualities. Readers will be fascinated as they learn about carnivorous plants and other amazing members of the plant kingdom.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Summarize

Objectives

  • Summarize while reading nonfiction text
  • Identify main ideas and details
  • Identify consonant blend str in words
  • Identify and use adjectives
  • Identify compound words

Vocabulary

  • Content words: colonies, critter, digests, imagine, moisture, parasite, spikes
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