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Grade K
Fountas & Pinnell C
Reading Recovery 3-4
DRA 3-4
Birthday Party
Realistic (fiction), 73 words, Level C (Grade K)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension Sequence Events
Phonological Awareness Rhyme
Phonics Consonants
Grammar and Mechanics Pronouns
Word Work Categorize Words

Book Summary

Two children must go shopping and gather all the things they'll need for the party. But their hard work pays off in the end. Repeated text patterns support the introduction of new vocabulary.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

  • Use the strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to make sense of text
  • Sequence story events
  • Identify and produce rhyme
  • Associate the letter Ee with the short vowel sound /e/
  • Recognize pronouns
  • Categorize words

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: the, we
  • Content words: bakery, balloon, birthday, party
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