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| Reading A-Z Level |  |
| Grade | 1 |
| Fountas & Pinnell | F |
| Reading Recovery | 9-10 |
| DRA | 10 |
Gaggle, Herd, and Murder
Informational (nonfiction), 129 words, Level F (Grade 1)
Informational (nonfiction), 129 words, Level F (Grade 1)
Lesson Objectives
| Reading Strategy | Connect to prior knowledge |
| Comprehension | Categorize Information |
| Phonological Awareness | Blend Phonemes |
| Phonics | Consonant Blends |
| Grammar and Mechanics | Nouns |
| Word Work | Content Vocabulary |
Book Summary
Readers may have heard about a pack of wolves or a litter of puppies, but do they know which animals make up a gaggle or a murder? In Gaggle, Herd, and Murder, readers learn the meaning of these terms and more. Engaging photographs support the text.
About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
- Connect to prior knowledge
Objectives
- Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand text
- Categorize information
- Blend phonemes
- Associate phonetic representation for r-, s-, and l- blends
- Use and identify collective nouns
- Understand and use content vocabulary
Vocabulary
- High-frequency words: all, are, have, of, their, they, this
- Content words: colony, crows, gaggle, gather, geese, groups, herd, humans, jellyfish, murder, neighborhood, pack, pod, smack, sunset, together, whales, wolves, zebras
