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Reading A-Z Level
Grade 2
Fountas & Pinnell L
Reading Recovery 19
DRA 24
Endangered Birds
Informational (nonfiction), 545 words, Level M (Grade 2)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Ask and answer questions
Comprehension Author's Purpose
Phonics Vowel Digraphs
Grammar and Mechanics Sentence Fragments
Word Work Often Confused Words

Book Summary

Endangered Birds is an informational book about birds that either are extinct or are in danger of becoming extinct. Readers will see photographs of the great auk, which has become extinct, and other birds, such as the kakapo and California condor, which are being bred and protected because their numbers are so few. Readers are gently reminded that human activity is the reason most birds are endangered; yet humans are the ones working to save the birds from extinction.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Ask and answer questions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions
  • Identify author’s purpose
  • Understand that the ea digraph can stand for different vowel sounds
  • Recognize naming part of sentence (subject)
  • Understand and use often-confused words

Vocabulary

  • Content words: albatross, breeding, California, condor, endangered, European, extinct, great auk, kakapo, predators
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