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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell J
Reading Recovery 17
DRA 18
Leopard, Ram, and Jackal
Folktale (fiction), 375 words, Level J (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Retell
Comprehension Sequence Events
Phonological Awareness Long Vowels
Phonics Vowel Digraphs
Grammar and Mechanics Quotation Marks
Word Work Synonyms

Book Summary
This is a delightful African folktale about how fierce Leopard is actually afraid of Ram. Jackal tries to force his friend to be brave and face Ram. But Ram's wife tricks Leopard, and Jackal pays the price in this humorous tale.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Retell

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of retelling to understand and remember story events
  • Sequence events in a story
  • Discriminate the long /e/ vowel sound
  • Recognize and read long /e/ vowel digraphs
  • Recognize and understand the use of quotation marks
  • Identify words that mean the same (synonyms)

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: away, said, saw, was
  • Content words: arrived, bruised, dragging, foolish, gruff, hungry, jerked, juicy, laughed, leaped, meekly, scared, tomorrow, voice
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