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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell D
Reading Recovery 5-6
DRA 6
To the Woods
Personal (fiction), 100 words, Level D (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Comprehension Main Idea and Details
Phonological Awareness Medial Sound
Phonics Short Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics Verbs
Word Work Synonyms

Book Summary

To the Woods describes a young girl's observations of woodland animals and plants. The text has a repetitive pattern that reinforces key vocabulary words. Illustrations support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

  • Use the strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions based on information in the text
  • Identify the main idea and details
  • Discriminate medial sounds
  • Read words with the short /i/ vowel sound
  • Recognize and use verbs in sentences
  • Suggest synonyms for words

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: go, I, run, see, the, to, when
  • Content words: bear, birds, bugs, fox, grass, hides, log, squirrel, trees, woods
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