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Reading A-Z Level Level K Books
Grade 2
Fountas & Pinnell J
Reading Recovery 17
DRA 18
Migrating Geese
Informational (nonfiction), 400 words, Level K (Grade 2)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Ask and answer questions
Comprehension Cause and Effect
Phonics R-Controlled Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics Plural Nouns
Word Work Content Vocabulary

Book Summary

Migrating Geese explains how geese migrate from cold climates to warmer ones in the fall. Students will learn many amazing facts about geese and how they help each other on the long journey of migration. Informative illustrations accompany the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Ask and answer questions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions to understand nonfiction text
  • Identify cause and effect in nonfiction text
  • Recognize words with r-controlled /er/
  • Recognize and identify changes in irregular plural nouns
  • Select the best definition for content vocabulary words

Vocabulary

  • Content words: female, flocks, formations, geese, goose, goslings, hatch, injured, knife, mate, migrating, temperatures, V-formation
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