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Reading A-Z Level Level H Books
Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell H
Reading Recovery 13-14
DRA 14
Spring Is Here
Informational (nonfiction), 194 words, Level H (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Summarize
Comprehension Classify Information
Phonological Awareness Blend Phonemes
Phonics Diphthongs
Grammar and Mechanics Quotation Marks
Word Work Content Vocabulary

Book Summary

Spring Is Here introduces readers to the signs of spring in different outdoor settings, such as the garden, pond, and mountains. The text includes a table of contents and glossary of content vocabulary words.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Summarize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of summarizing information to understand text
  • Classify information in text
  • Blend phonemes
  • Read words with ou diphthongs
  • Recognize that quotation marks may be used to indicate spoken words or sounds
  • Identify content vocabulary words

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: comes, day(s), from, here, out, soon, they, will
  • Content words: buds, bulbs, dandelion, garden, gophers, meadow, ponds, shoots, water lily, wiggly, woods
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