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First Day of School
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Reading Recovery 30
DRA 30
First Day of School
Realistic (fiction), 651 words, Level Q (Grade 3)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension Make Inferences
Grammar and Mechanics Contractions
Word Work Compound Words

Book Summary

First Day of School follows Sarah and her thoughts as she prepares for the first day of school in a new town. She experiences a mix of emotions, from apprehension and nervousness to reluctance. The book describes Sarah's morning as she dresses, eats breakfast, walks to school, and enters the classroom. Not until the last sentence do readers find out that Sarah is actually the teacher. Illustrations support the text

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand text
  • Make inferences
  • Identify and use contractions
  • Identify and understand the meaning of compound words

Vocabulary

  • Content words: adjustments, anxiously, apprehensive, banter, energetic, flutter, mock, nervousness, reciting, reluctance, retrieved, subtle, threadbare, trudged
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