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Grade 2
Fountas & Pinnell K
Reading Recovery 18
DRA 20
Introducing Planet Earth
Informational (nonfiction), 506 words, Level L (Grade 2)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension Main Idea and Details
Phonics Long Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics Plural Nouns
Word Work Compound Words

Book Summary
Introducing Planet Earth provides a basic introduction to facts pertaining to Earth, including how Earth supports life, how the seasons occur, and how day becomes night. Physical attributes are defined, such as continents, equator, latitude, longitude, and axis tilt. Illustrations 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
  • Identify the main idea and supporting details
  • Recognize the long /i/ vowel pattern -ight
  • Understand plural nouns with -s and -es endings
  • Identify and form compound words

Vocabulary

  • Content words: Antarctica, continents, creatures, depend, equator, introducing, latitude, longitude, Mercury, North and South Poles, Pluto, rotating, seasons, solar system, tilted, unevenly
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