| Reading A-Z Level |  |
| Ages | 9 - 11 |
| Grade | 5 |
| Fountas & Pinnell | S |
| Reading Recovery | 40 |
| DRA | 40 |
| Lexile | 831-860 |
Grandpa Smoke Jumper
Realistic (fiction),
2,559 words,
Level X (Grade 5)
Andy prepares himself for a boring vacation with his grandparents when, on the way there, his mother claims that Grandpa used to parachute out of planes and fight wildfires. Andy doubts her tale, but when he finds an old photograph and encourages Grandpa to tell his amazing story, he changes his mind about what his grandparents can do.
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Story Words
abruptly, adorned, barrage, briefed, diminishing, donned, emphatically, extinguishing, flabbergasted, grueling, igniting, instinctively, maneuvered, plummeting, preoccupied, pursed, relayed, resilience
abruptly, adorned, barrage, briefed, diminishing, donned, emphatically, extinguishing, flabbergasted, grueling, igniting, instinctively, maneuvered, plummeting, preoccupied, pursed, relayed, resilience
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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions before and during reading
Comprehension
Analyze a character’s words, thoughts, feelings, and actions
Grammar and Mechanics
Understand and identify direct objects
Word Work
Recognize and write personifications
Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions before and during reading
Comprehension
Analyze a character’s words, thoughts, feelings, and actions
Grammar and Mechanics
Understand and identify direct objects
Word Work
Recognize and write personifications
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Assess the Objectives
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