| Reading A-Z Level |  |
| Ages | 9 - 11 |
| Grade | 4 |
| Fountas & Pinnell | Q |
| Reading Recovery | 40 |
| DRA | 40 |
| Lexile | 771-830 |
The Lost Dutchman
Adventure (fiction),
3,776 words,
Level V (Grade 4)
The Lost Dutchman is a fictional story about two boys, Billy and Jacob, and their teacher, Mr. Martinez. While learning about the Gold Rush in Arizona in the late 1800s, something very odd happens. Suddenly, Billy finds himself, his friend, and his teacher searching for gold in the Superstition Mountains. Their adventure ends abruptly when Billy realizes he has been daydreaming. Or has he?
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Story Words
ancient, binoculars, burro, canteen, cringed, emerged, exasperated, Gila monsters, hydrated, ideal, legendary, mesmerizing, portals, prospectors, rearranging, ridge, skeptics, stash, tattered, theories, veered, washes, whittling, willingly
ancient, binoculars, burro, canteen, cringed, emerged, exasperated, Gila monsters, hydrated, ideal, legendary, mesmerizing, portals, prospectors, rearranging, ridge, skeptics, stash, tattered, theories, veered, washes, whittling, willingly
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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions
Comprehension
Understand and identify characters, setting, plot, and theme
Grammar and Mechanics
Understand the use of quotation marks and commas in dialogue
Word Work
Understand and use content vocabulary
Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions
Comprehension
Understand and identify characters, setting, plot, and theme
Grammar and Mechanics
Understand the use of quotation marks and commas in dialogue
Word Work
Understand and use content vocabulary
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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