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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell J
Reading Recovery 17
DRA 18
Animal Skeletons
Informational (nonfiction), 400 words, Level J (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Ask and answer questions
Comprehension Compare and Contrast
Phonological Awareness Segment Syllables
Phonics Long Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics Pronouns
Word Work Alphabetizing

Book Summary

This book teaches about animals and their skeletons. Through detailed illustrations and repetitive phrases, readers learn about the types and functions of bones in humans and other animals.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Ask and answer questions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions to understand text
  • Compare and contrast
  • Segment syllables
  • Identify vowel pattern -ight
  • Recognize and use pronouns
  • Alphabetize words

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: like, look, many, this, your
  • Content words: animal, bones, different, hollow, kind, know, light, right, skeleton, skulls, slithers, support
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