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Bonk's Bad Dream
Realistic (fiction), 184 words, Level G (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Ask and answer questions
Comprehension Problem and Solution
Phonological Awareness Manipulate Medial Sounds
Phonics Vowel Digraphs
Grammar and Mechanics Quotation Marks
Word Work Antonyms

Book Summary

Although Bonk hopes to have a good dream as he gets ready for bed, he awakens later, shaking, after a bad dream about a T-Rex with long, sharp teeth. Readers discover how Bonk's friend, Snag, helps him conquer his fear of a scary T-Rex so that he has sweet dreams all night long.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Ask and answer questions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions
  • Identify problem and solution
  • Manipulate medial sounds
  • Recognize long e vowel digraphs
  • Understand and identify quotation marks
  • Understand and use antonyms

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: about, again, all, did, for, goes, had, have, he, his, I, is, It, over, soon, this, up, with, you
  • Content words: Bonk, dream(s), checkers, daisies, movie, Snag, teeth, T-Rex
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