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Reading A-Z Level Level K Books
Grade 2
Fountas & Pinnell J
Reading Recovery 17
DRA 18
How Zebras Got Their Stripes
Folktale (fiction), 432 words, Level K (Grade 2)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Comprehension Story Elements
Phonics Consonant Digraphs
Grammar and Mechanics Past-Tense Verbs
Word Work Syllables

Book Summary

How Zebras Got Their Stripes is a Ugandan folktale about two donkeys who are tired of working and want an easier life. They meet a wise man who turns the donkeys into zebras by painting them. The idea catches on, but some of the donkeys run out of patience and pay the price.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

  • Make, revise, and confirm predictions while reading to understand text
  • Identify the elements of plot
  • Identify initial digraph th in words
  • Recognize past-tense verbs
  • Identify closed syllables in a word

Vocabulary

  • Content words: appreciated, finished, fooled, impatient, paint, patient, problem, relax, roam, unpainted, worked
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