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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell D
Reading Recovery 5-6
DRA 6
The Sky Is Falling
Fantasy (fiction), 98 words, Level D (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Retell
Comprehension Sequence Events
Phonological Awareness Medial Sound
Phonics Short Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics Quotation Marks
Word Work Alphabetizing

Book Summary
The classic tale of rumor and panic is retold in this hilarious book. Students will delight in the snowballing effect of the story and the comic illustrations.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Retell

Objectives

  • Use the strategy of pausing while reading to retell what has been read
  • Sequence story events
  • Discriminate medial vowel sounds
  • Associate the letter Aa with the short /a/ vowel sound
  • Understand that quotation marks identify a speaker’s words
  • Understand how to place words in alphabetical order

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: from, is, not
  • Content words: bear, deer, falling, fox, head, mouse, owl, rabbit, sky, squirrel
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