Maria's Halloween
Realistic (fiction),
77 words,
Level D (Grade 1)
Serial
Maria’s Halloween tells about a family’s night of trick-or-treating. The story uses familiar vocabulary, high-frequency words, and repetitive text to support beginning readers. Students will enjoy the surprise at the end of the story.
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Preteach the Vocabulary
High-Frequency Words
for, go, look, or, the, you Story Words
ghost, Halloween, pumpkin, spider, treat, trick
for, go, look, or, the, you Story Words
ghost, Halloween, pumpkin, spider, treat, trick
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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Connect to prior knowledge to understand text
Comprehension
Identify characters and setting
Phonological Awareness
Discriminate final consonant /k/ sound
Phonics
Identify initial consonant tr-blends
Grammar and Mechanics
Recognize and understand names as proper nouns
Word Work
Place words in alphabetical order
Connect to prior knowledge to understand text
Comprehension
Identify characters and setting
Phonological Awareness
Discriminate final consonant /k/ sound
Phonics
Identify initial consonant tr-blends
Grammar and Mechanics
Recognize and understand names as proper nouns
Word Work
Place words in alphabetical order
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Assess the Objectives
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