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Gaggle, Herd, and Murder
Level F
Benchmark Books
Serial Books
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| Grade |
1 |
| Fountas & Pinnell |
F |
| Reading Recovery |
9-10 |
| DRA |
10 |
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Gaggle, Herd, and Murder
Informational (nonfiction), 129 words,
Level F (Grade 1)
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Lesson Objectives |
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| Reading Strategy |
Connect to prior knowledge |
| Comprehension |
Categorize Information |
| Phonological Awareness |
Blend Phonemes |
| Phonics |
Consonant Blends |
| Grammar and Mechanics |
Nouns |
| Word Work |
Content Vocabulary |
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Book Summary |
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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.
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About the Lesson |
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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
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