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Grade 4
Fountas & Pinnell Q
Reading Recovery 40
DRA 40
Page's School Report
Realistic (fiction), 1,481 words, Level U (Grade 4)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Visualize
Comprehension Compare and Contrast
Grammar and Mechanics Punctuation
Word Work Compound Words

Book Summary

Page's School Report is about two classmates whose assignment is to study and write a report on a Native American tribe. Through their research on the Makah and Mohawk tribes, the classmates discovered many similarities between the two tribes, despite the differences. Illustrations support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Visualize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand fiction text
  • Identify details to compare and contrast the Makah and Mohawk tribes
  • Understand the use of colons as punctuation
  • Identify and form open compound words

Vocabulary

  • Content words: canoe, challenged, complexity, differences, doubts, government, horsemanship, interesting, league, Makah, Mohawk, permanent, researching, similarities, surrounded, system, temporary
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