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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell D
Reading Recovery 5-6
DRA 6
Where Plants Grow
Descriptive (nonfiction), 64 words, Level D (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Ask and answer questions
Comprehension Main Idea and Details
Phonological Awareness Medial Sound
Phonics Short Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics Capitalization and Punctuation
Word Work Content Vocabulary

Book Summary
Where Plants Grow is an informational book that explains the different conditions under which plants can grow. The familiar topic, repeated text, and picture-to-text correspondence make this an easy book for early readers.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Ask and answer questions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions to understand text
  • Understand and identify main idea and details
  • Identify medial sounds
  • Practice reading words with short /i/ and /o/ vowels
  • Capitalize and punctuate sentences
  • Read content vocabulary

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: can, in, some
  • Content words: air, inside, outside, plants, pots, rocks, sand, soil, sunlight, water
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