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The Great Gallardo's Books
| Reading A-Z Level |
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| Grade |
4 |
| Fountas & Pinnell |
Q |
| Reading Recovery |
40 |
| DRA |
40 |
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The Great Gallardo's Books
Adventure (fiction), 1,909 words,
Level U (Grade 4)
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Lesson Objectives |
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| Reading Strategy |
Visualize |
| Comprehension |
Identify Genre |
| Grammar and Mechanics |
Similes |
| Word Work |
Synonyms |
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Book Summary |
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In The Great Gallardo's Books Miguel has to write an essay for homework explaining why reading is an adventure. Miguel doesn't like reading much and is uninspired by the topic until he finds a mysterious trunk in the loft of his mother's shop. The trunk is full of books that show Miguel how reading can be a real adventure.
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About the Lesson |
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Targeted Reading Strategy
Objectives
- Use the reading strategy of visualizing to better understand text
- Identify literary genres
- Identify similes
- Use synonyms
Vocabulary
Content words: awe, biography, breeches, confetti, contraptions, crater, high-tech, intimate, laboratory, lasso, perilous, plastered, resort, sagebrush, science fiction, skeleton key, transported, Western
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