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Reading A-Z Level
Grade K
Fountas & Pinnell C
Reading Recovery 3-4
DRA 3-4
Rocks
Factual Description (nonfiction), 57 words, Level C (Grade K)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Self-monitor
Comprehension Sequence Events
Phonological Awareness Initial Sound
Phonics Consonants
Grammar and Mechanics Periods
Word Work High-Frequency Words

Book Summary
Through simple factual descriptions, readers discover how rocks transform from mountains to dust. Photographs of rocks, large and small, accompany the text.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Self-monitor

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of self-monitoring
  • Sequence events in text
  • Discriminate initial sounds
  • Identify initial consonants
  • Understand and recognize periods
  • Identify high-frequency words

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: a, is, it, off, the, this
  • Content words: boulder, broke, dust, mountain, pebble, rock(s), sand, stone
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