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Grade K
Fountas & Pinnell C
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We Make a Snowman
Personal Recount (fiction), 54 words, Level C (Grade K)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Self-question
Comprehension Sequence Events
Phonological Awareness Word Awareness
Phonics Consonants
Grammar and Mechanics Periods
Word Work Content Vocabulary

Book Summary

We Make a Snowman is a story about three children who go outside together on a snowy day. The friends play in the snow and make a snowman. At the end of the book they go inside the house and eat soup. The repetitive text pattern in this book is supported by delightful illustrations.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Self-question

Objectives

  • Use the strategy of self-questioning to understand text
  • Sequence events in a story
  • Identify words in oral sentences
  • Associate the letter Mm with the /m/ sound
  • Locate periods in sentences
  • Understand and use content vocabulary

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: in, make, the, we
  • Content words: arms, dad, eyes, friend, house, mouth, nose, play, snowman, snows, soup
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