| Reading A-Z Level |  |
| Ages | 9 - 11 |
| Grade | 4 |
| Fountas & Pinnell | R |
| Reading Recovery | 40 |
| DRA | 40 |
Adventure in Bear Valley
Adventure (fiction),
2,039 words,
Level W (Grade 4)
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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Preteach the Vocabulary
Story 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
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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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions to understand text
Comprehension
Sequence events
Grammar and Mechanics
Identify the prefix re-
Word Work
Recognize the use of slang in the text
Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions to understand text
Comprehension
Sequence events
Grammar and Mechanics
Identify the prefix re-
Word Work
Recognize the use of slang in the text
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
