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Reading A-Z Level
Grade 2
Fountas & Pinnell L
Reading Recovery 19
DRA 24
The Best Guess
Informational Narrative (fiction), 592 words, Level M (Grade 2)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Self-monitor
Comprehension Sequence Events
Phonics Vowel Diphthong
Grammar and Mechanics Quotation Marks
Word Work Contractions

Book Summary

The Best Guess tells how friends in a neighborhood work together to try to win a contest. They research and chart data to find the best guess for the ice cream man’s question: “What will be the first one-hundred-degree day of the year?” Illustrations and graphs support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Self-monitor

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of self-monitoring to understand text
  • Sequence events
  • Vowel diphthong /ou/: ou and ow
  • Identify and understand the use of quotation marks
  • Recognize and use contractions

Vocabulary

  • Content words: bar graph, certain, column, data, degrees, guesses, scan, tally mark, temperature
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