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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell I
Reading Recovery 15-16
DRA 16
Alistair's Night
Humorous (fiction), 283 words, Level I (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives

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

Book Summary

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.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Self-question

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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