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Animal Skeletons
Informational (nonfiction), 400 words, Level J (Grade 1)
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