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Grade 2
Fountas & Pinnell K
Reading Recovery 18
DRA 20
Colonial Life
Informational (nonfiction), 655 words, Level L (Grade 2)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Ask and answer questions
Comprehension Compare and Contrast
Phonics Consonant Digraphs
Grammar and Mechanics Adjectives
Word Work Compound Words

Book Summary

Colonial Life is an introduction to life for children in colonial America. It places readers in a day-in-the-life scenario of a colonial child and makes comparisons to modern-day life with the many conveniences people take for granted. Readers also get a glimpse of the hardships and benefits of life 300 years ago. The illustrations add rich texture to the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Ask and answer questions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions while reading
  • Identify details to compare and contrast colonial life and modern life
  • Identify digraph ch
  • Understand adjectives and the nouns they describe
  • Identify and form compound words

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