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Grade K
Fountas & Pinnell C
Reading Recovery 3-4
DRA 3-4
What Is at the Zoo?
Informational (nonfiction), 76 words, Level C (Grade K)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension Main Idea and Details
Phonological Awareness Blend Phonemes
Phonics Consonants
Grammar and Mechanics Sentence Types
Word Work Question Words

Book Summary
What Is at the Zoo? introduces students to the interrogative sentence form by asking them which animals are at the zoo. Although students may wish it were so, the last animal isn't seen in zoos these days. Pictures support early readers.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand text
  • Identify main idea and details
  • Blend phonemes
  • Associate the letter Zz with the /z/ sound
  • Recognize statements and questions
  • Recognize question words

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: are, there
  • Content words: bears, dinosaurs, elephants, giraffes, hippos, lions, monkeys, sea lions, tigers
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