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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell G
Reading Recovery 11-12
DRA 12
A Seed Grows
Informational (nonfiction), 111 words, Level G (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Retell
Comprehension Sequence Events
Phonological Awareness Final Consonants
Phonics Vowel Digraphs
Grammar and Mechanics Verbs
Word Work Content Vocabulary

Book Summary
A Seed Grows describes the life cycle of a plant, from a seed falling on the ground to the production of roots and leaves, and finally to the production of a new seed. The book ends with readers contemplating what will happen next.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Retell

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of retelling to make meaning from text
  • Sequence events
  • Discriminate final sounds
  • Identify long /e/ vowel digraphs
  • Identify action words
  • Read and identify content vocabulary

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: a, and, down, from, in, into, on, that, the, to, up, what, will
  • Content words: flowers, leaves, plant, rain, roots, seed, soil, stem, sunshine, water
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