| Reading A-Z Level |  |
| Ages | 7 - 8 |
| Grade | 2 |
| Fountas & Pinnell | L |
| Reading Recovery | 19 |
| DRA | 24 |
| Lexile | 551-600 |
The Best Guess
Informational Narrative (fiction),
592 words,
Level M (Grade 2)
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.
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Preteach the Vocabulary
Story Words
bar graph, certain, column, data, degrees, guesses, scan, tally mark, temperature
bar graph, certain, column, data, degrees, guesses, scan, tally mark, temperature
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Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of self-monitoring to understand text
Comprehension
Sequence events
Phonics
Vowel diphthong /ou/: ou and ow
Grammar and Mechanics
Identify and understand the use of quotation marks
Word Work
Recognize and use contractions
Use the reading strategy of self-monitoring to understand text
Comprehension
Sequence events
Phonics
Vowel diphthong /ou/: ou and ow
Grammar and Mechanics
Identify and understand the use of quotation marks
Word Work
Recognize and use contractions
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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