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Grade 2
Fountas & Pinnell L
Reading Recovery 19
DRA 24
Arthur's Bad News Day
Realistic (fiction), 586 words, Level M (Grade 2)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Comprehension Cause and Effect
Phonics Open Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics Exclamatory Sentences
Word Work Question Words

Book Summary
Arthur has been an only child for eight years and has just found out that a little sister is on the way. At first, Arthur is unhappy about the many ways in which her arrival will disrupt his life. He changes his tune after he holds her for the first time. Illustrations support the text.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions
  • Identify cause and effect
  • Read and identify open /y/ vowel words
  • Understand the use of and identify exclamatory sentences
  • Recognize and use question words

Vocabulary

  • Content words: awful, bundle, diapers, embrace, focus, gigantic, incredible, nearly, ruin, syrup, tickling, ugh, usually, wriggles, yuck
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