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Reading A-Z Level
Grade 5
Fountas & Pinnell S
Reading Recovery 40
DRA 40
Talking to Each Other
Realistic (fiction), 2,444 words, Level X (Grade 5)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Retell
Comprehension Analyze Character
Grammar and Mechanics Quotation Marks
Word Work Sensory Words

Book Summary
Talking to Each Other is a fictional story about a young girl named Amanda, her stepfather Chris, and her mother. While Amanda and Chris are able to communicate with few words, Amanda and her mother don’t seem to communicate at all. This book provides an opportunity to discuss the importance of talking and listening to one another.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Retell

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of retelling to understand and remember text
  • Understand and identify character’s thoughts, feelings, and actions
  • Use quotation marks
  • Recognize and use sensory words

Vocabulary

  • Content words: absentmindedly, apologize, camouflage, disappointed, divorce, feedback, radioactive, tropical
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