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Maria Goes to School
Personal Recount (fiction), 40 words, Level A (Grade K)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension Sequence Events
Phonological Awareness Rhyme
Phonics Sound Symbol Relationship
Grammar and Mechanics Nouns
Word Work Categorize Words

Book Summary

Maria Goes to School introduces readers to the print vocabulary for the names of familiar items taken to school. The familiar situation, repeated sentence pattern, and picture-to-text correspondence help early readers make meaningful connections.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of connecting life experiences and using prior knowledge to understand text
  • Order events from the story in sequence
  • Listen for words that rhyme
  • Associate the letter Hh with the sound /h/
  • Understand that some words name things
  • Categorize words associated with school

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: I, my
  • Content words: backpack, brother, crayons, eraser, hug, lunch, pencils, ride, ruler, sweater
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