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When I Grow Up
Realistic (fiction), 121 words, Level E (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Comprehension Identify Character, Setting and Plot
Phonological Awareness Segment Onset and Rime
Phonics Consonant Blends
Grammar and Mechanics Quotation Marks
Word Work Compound Words

Book Summary

When I Grow Up is a story about a little girl who frequently questions her parents about when she will be allowed to do things on her own. Charming illustrations, a repeated sentence pattern, and familiar experiences make this an enjoyable book for early readers.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

  • Make, revise, and confirm predictions based on text
  • Identify characters and setting
  • Segment onset and rime
  • Identify and read words with r-family blends
  • Identify dialogue and quotation marks
  • Read compound words

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: are, said, when, you
  • Content words: lalone, anything, by, cookies, drive, eat, job, late, milk, movies, myself, shopping, stay
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