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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell F
Reading Recovery 9-10
DRA 10
The Food Chain
Informational (nonfiction), 152 words, Level F (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Ask and answer questions
Comprehension Sequence Events
Phonological Awareness Blend Phonemes
Phonics Vowel Digraphs
Grammar and Mechanics Punctuation
Word Work Compound Words

Book Summary
The Food Chain features five items in the food chain: a plant, a grasshopper, a frog, a fish, and a bear. The book describes how each link in the food chain is consumed by the link that follows it. The book concludes with a one-page photo sequence of the parts of the food chain depicted in the book. Clear, easy-to-understand photographs enhance the text.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Ask and answer questions

Objectives

  • Use the strategy of asking and answering questions to understand text
  • Sequence steps in a process
  • Orally blend phonemes in words
  • Recognize and read ea digraph words
  • Use proper punctuation in sentences
  • Locate and read compound words

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: need, other, they
  • Content words: air, animals, chain, fish, food, frog, grasshopper, leaves, plants, soil, sunlight, water
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