| Reading A-Z Level |  |
| Ages | 8 - 9 |
| Grade | 3 |
| Fountas & Pinnell | O |
| Reading Recovery | 34 |
| DRA | 34 |
| Lexile | 691-770 |
Wheeling the Snake
Realistic (fiction),
1,855 words,
Level S (Grade 3)
Isaac Green and two of his friends want to skateboard down a five-mile-long irrigation ditch called "The Snake." The Snake has no water in it in during the months of November and December. If they can go down without "getting bitten," they will earn the right to wear a coiled snake patch on their jackets. However, a high school bully, Cliff, tries to stop them. The friends devise a plan and then have to put it into action.
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Story Words
harassing, hesitantly, irrigation, muttered, ominous, sarcastically, taunt, tradition
harassing, hesitantly, irrigation, muttered, ominous, sarcastically, taunt, tradition
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Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of making connections to prior knowledge to understand fictional text
Comprehension
Understand and identify story elements
Grammar and Mechanics
Understand and use quotation marks and associated punctuation
Word Work
Recognize noun and verb forms of content vocabulary
Use the reading strategy of making connections to prior knowledge to understand fictional text
Comprehension
Understand and identify story elements
Grammar and Mechanics
Understand and use quotation marks and associated punctuation
Word Work
Recognize noun and verb forms of content vocabulary
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
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