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Grade 2
Fountas & Pinnell J
Reading Recovery 17
DRA 18
Ratty Rats
Fantasy (fiction), 414 words, Level K (Grade 2)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Visualize
Comprehension Sequence Events
Phonics Open Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics Adjectives
Word Work Antonyms

Book Summary

Ratty Rats is a fictional tale about a group of rats that sneak onto a ship that is getting ready to sail. The rats run to the cargo bay and proceed to get settled for the journey. They eat the sailors' stored food, chew the ship's anchor rope, and eat through the ship's sails. The captain becomes very angry, but the crew refuses to acquiesce to his solution.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Visualize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand text
  • Sequence events
  • Identify open vowel y in words
  • Identify and use adjectives
  • Understand the use of antonyms

Vocabulary

  • Content words: canchor, anchorman, captain, cargo bay, crescent, evidence, first mate, gangway, hoist, lifeboat, mended, nibbling, sail, sailors
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