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Grade K
Fountas & Pinnell A
Reading Recovery 1
DRA A-1
Maria Counts Pumpkins
Realistic (fiction), 33 words, Level A (Grade K)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Ask and answer questions
Comprehension Problem and Solution
Phonological Awareness Word Awareness
Phonics Consonants
Grammar and Mechanics Exclamation Marks
Word Work Number Words

Book Summary
Maria is sitting on the stoop outside her apartment with her dog when seven relatives bring her pumpkins. The pumpkins crowd the dog and Maria off the stoop. The repeated sentence patterns and pictures help early readers retain meaning and read counting words.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Ask and answer questions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions
  • Identify the problems and solutions in a story
  • Listen for and count the number of words in a sentence
  • Associate the letter Pp with the /p/ sound
  • Read sentences expressively that contain exclamation marks
  • Read counting words and match counting words to the appropriate numerical symbol and quantity

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency word: has
  • Content words: pumpkin, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven
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