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Time For Bed
Realistic (fiction), 110 words, Level E (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Comprehension Sequence Events
Phonological Awareness Segment Onset and Rime
Phonics Consonant Digraphs
Grammar and Mechanics Pronouns
Word Work Alphabetizing

Book Summary

Time for Bed tells a story with which all young readers will be familiar--getting ready for bed. The little boy's bedtime routine is presented in a simple, repetitive text pattern. The picture-to-text correspondence supports the story.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

  • Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

  • Make, revise, and confirm predictions based on available text information
  • Identify sequence of events
  • Segment onset and rime
  • Read words with final digraph -sh
  • Identify and use pronouns
  • Place words in alphabetical order

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: for, ready
  • Content words: brushes, clothes, drinks, face, glass, hands, pajamas, story, teeth, washes, water