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Adventure in Bear Valley
Level W
Benchmark Books
| Reading A-Z Level |
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| Grade |
4 |
| Fountas & Pinnell |
R |
| Reading Recovery |
40 |
| DRA |
40 |
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Adventure in Bear Valley
Adventure (fiction), 2,039 words,
Level W (Grade 4)
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Lesson Objectives |
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| Reading Strategy |
Make, revise, and confirm predictions |
| Comprehension |
Sequence Events |
| Grammar and Mechanics |
Prefixes |
| Word Work |
Irregular Content Words |
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Book Summary |
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Adventure in Bear Valley recounts the adventures of a pioneer girl and her brother as they brave the new land out west. On their perilous journey to California, their parents die and a young pioneering couple take them in. Emily and Jess trust the Hutchinsons but rely on each other to make it through each day. An encounter with a wild bear changes everything, bringing them all closer. Illustrations support the text.
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About the Lesson |
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Targeted Reading Strategy
- Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Objectives
- Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions to understand text
- Sequence events
- Identify the prefix re-
- Recognize the use of slang in the text
Vocabulary
Content words: agonizingly, apprentice, between hay and grass, blowup, bosh, bully, canteens, dragged out, flapjacks, hoarse, hold a candle to, homestead, kin, pallet, perilous, peter out, perplexed, provisions, tie to, timid
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