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I Bet I Can
Fantasy (fiction), 162 words, Level G (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Retell
Comprehension Sequence Events
Phonological Awareness Discriminate Medial Sounds
Phonics Consonant Blends
Grammar and Mechanics Past-Tense Verbs
Word Work Onomatopoeia

Book Summary

I Bet I Can is about a bear that attempts to overcome a variety of obstacles. Unfortunately, he doesn't achieve any of the goals he sets for himself until the end of the book.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Retell

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of retelling to understand a fiction story
  • Sequence story events
  • Discriminate medial short vowel sounds
  • Recognize final blends in words
  • Recognize and understand that some verbs can be changed to past tense by adding the -ed suffix
  • Identify and understand the use of onomatopoeia

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: jump, over, said, went
  • Content words: goat, grabbed, hawk, kangaroo, sleep, snap, splash, splat, toward, winter
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