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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell I
Reading Recovery 15-16
DRA 16
Monster Soccer
Fantasy (fiction), 292 words, Level I (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Text to text connections
Comprehension Sequence Events
Phonological Awareness Segment Phonemes
Phonics Consonant Blends
Grammar and Mechanics Verbs
Word Work Alphabetizing

Book Summary

After the Monsters start playing soccer, Bonk brags that he is so good he doesn't even need a team. So Uzzle, Lurk, and Snag go home and practice on their own. On the day of the big game, Bonk gets into trouble quickly. But luckily, his friends jump in and help him, showing Bonk why it is important to work as a team.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Text to text connections

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of making text-to-text connections
  • Sequence story events
  • Orally segment phonemes in words with s-family blends
  • Associate the blends sc, sn, and st with the phonetic elements /sc/, /sn/, and /st/
  • Recognize action verbs
  • Arrange words in alphabetical order

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: he, the, they, you
  • Content words: catch, cheer, dribble, kick, pass, score, soccer, steal, team
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