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Reading A-Z Level Level B Books
Grade K
Fountas & Pinnell B
Reading Recovery 2
DRA 2
It Is School Time
Factual Description (nonfiction), 51 words, Level B (Grade K)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Visualize
Comprehension Sequence Events
Phonological Awareness Initial Consonants
Phonics Consonants
Grammar and Mechanics Capitalization
Word Work High-Frequency Words

Book Summary

Is it time for reading or time for lunch? Readers may recognize similarities between the events in their own school day and those in It Is School Time. Predictable sentence patterns and supportive pictures guide students as they read.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Visualize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand text
  • Sequence events
  • Discriminate initial /t/ sound
  • Identify initial consonant Tt
  • Recognize and understand that sentences begin with a capital letter
  • Recognize and pronounce high-frequency words for, is, it, and the

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: for, is, it, the
  • Content words: breakfast, bus, home, lunch, math, music, reading, recess, school, science, time
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