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Grade K
Fountas & Pinnell A
Reading Recovery 1
DRA A-1
My Dog
Realistic (fiction), 33 words, Level A (Grade K)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension Summarize
Phonological Awareness Initial Consonants
Phonics Consonants
Grammar and Mechanics Verbs
Word Work Categorize Words

Book Summary

The spirited little dog in this book can run, jump, climb, roll over, and even hug the boy who loves him. The text introduces students to verbs and uses repeated sentence patterns with high-frequency words to support early readers.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

  • Connect to prior knowledge to understand new information
  • Summarize information
  • Orally discriminate initial sounds
  • Associate the letter Dd with the sound /d/
  • Understand that some words describe actions
  • Categorize content words on a Venn diagram

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: my, can
  • Content words: dig, hug, jump, over, roll, run, sit, swim
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