| Reading A-Z Level |  |
| Ages | 7 - 8 |
| Grade | 2 |
| Fountas & Pinnell | M |
| Reading Recovery | 20 |
| DRA | 28 |
The Shepherd and the Fairy
Folktale (fiction),
874 words,
Level N (Grade 2)
The Shepherd and the Fairy is a rags-to-riches-to-rags Corsican folktale about a young man who wins the love of a magical fairy. She makes him wealthy with her wishes, but he succumbs to the temptation of wanting a better love and more worldly goods. In the end, he is left with nothing.
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Preteach the Vocabulary
Story Words
ashamed, condition, content, coy, embarrassed, fairy, practical, shepherd, threadbare, vanished
ashamed, condition, content, coy, embarrassed, fairy, practical, shepherd, threadbare, vanished
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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions
Comprehension
Understand and identify author’s purpose
Grammar and Mechanics
Recognize and use irregular plural nouns in a sentence
Word Work
Identify and use homonyms
Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions
Comprehension
Understand and identify author’s purpose
Grammar and Mechanics
Recognize and use irregular plural nouns in a sentence
Word Work
Identify and use homonyms
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
