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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell E
Reading Recovery 7-8
DRA 8
Doctor Jen
Realistic (fiction), 129 words, Level E (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Retell
Comprehension Problem and Solution
Phonological Awareness Blend Phonemes
Phonics Consonant Digraphs
Grammar and Mechanics Exclamatory Sentences
Word Work Alphabetizing

Book Summary
Doctor Jen tells the story of family members who are ill and the doctor they visit to feel better. The one family member who cannot visit Doctor Jen is revealed on the last page of the book. The picture-to-text correspondence and familiar topics support early readers' efforts.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Retell

Objectives

  • Use the strategy of retelling to understand the text
  • Identify the story elements of problem and solution
  • Blend phonemes
  • Read words with consonant digraph -ck
  • Capitalize and punctuate exclamatory sentences
  • Place words in alphabetical order

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: has, her, him, my, us
  • Content words: ache, brother, cough, doctor, earache, father, grandfather, grandmother, knees, mother, sister, stiff, throat, vet
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