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Yummy, Yummy
Personal (fiction), 53 words, Level C (Grade K)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Visualize
Comprehension Compare and Contrast
Phonological Awareness Initial Consonants
Phonics Sound Symbol Relationship
Grammar and Mechanics Pronouns
Word Work Categorize Words

Book Summary

Who doesn't have food preferences? In this simple, repetitive text, readers find out what kinds of foods the boy in the story finds delicious. Each page introduces a different food and an affirmative response, "Yummy, yummy." The end of the story reveals a food that the boy doesn't find so yummy.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

  • Visualize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of visualization to understand text
  • Compare and contrast
  • Discriminate initial /k/ sound
  • Associate the letter Cc with the /k/ sound
  • Recognize the pronoun I
  • Categorize food words

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: and, I, like
  • Content words: apples, bananas, carrots, cookies, jam, lima beans, peas, pizza, popcorn, yucky, yummy