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Introducing Planet Earth
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| Grade |
2 |
| Fountas & Pinnell |
K |
| Reading Recovery |
18 |
| DRA |
20 |
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Introducing Planet Earth
Informational (nonfiction), 506 words,
Level L (Grade 2)
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Lesson Objectives |
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| Reading Strategy |
Connect to prior knowledge |
| Comprehension |
Main Idea and Details |
| Phonics |
Long Vowels |
| Grammar and Mechanics |
Plural Nouns |
| Word Work |
Compound Words |
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Book Summary |
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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.
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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
- 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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