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Alistair's Night
Level I
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| Reading A-Z Level |
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| Grade |
1 |
| Fountas & Pinnell |
I |
| Reading Recovery |
15-16 |
| DRA |
16 |
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Alistair's Night
Humorous (fiction), 283 words,
Level I (Grade 1)
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Lesson Objectives |
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| Reading Strategy |
Self-question |
| Comprehension |
Identify Character Point of View |
| Phonological Awareness |
Manipulate Initial Sound |
| Phonics |
Silent Letters |
| Grammar and Mechanics |
Contractions |
| Word Work |
High-Frequency Words |
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Book Summary |
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All is quiet at 2 a.m., and Alistair the cat is ready to play. Students will enjoy reading about Alistair's clever attempts to wake Dan and Becky. The book provides opportunities for students to develop flexibility with print layout by altering the location of text throughout the book. Humorous illustrations accompany the text.
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About the Lesson |
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Targeted Reading Strategy
Objectives
- Use the reading strategy of self-questioning to understand text
- Identify point of view
- Manipulate initial sounds
- Understand that some consonants are silent and that /n/ may be represented by n or kn
- Match contractions to their individual words
- Identify and define high-frequency word play
Vocabulary
High-frequency words: are, come, get, here, out, play, that, there, up, what, with, you
Content words: burglars, dangerous, dong, entertain(ing), grandfather clock, pounce, vase
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