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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell G
Reading Recovery 11-12
DRA 12
Ants, Ants, and More Ants
Informational (nonfiction), 160 words, Level G (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension Categorize Information
Phonological Awareness Final Blends
Phonics Consonant Blends
Grammar and Mechanics Adjectives
Word Work Content Vocabulary

Book Summary
Ants, Ants, and More Ants is an informational book about one of the most well known of all insects – the ant. Readers will learn about different colors and sizes of ants, as well as different jobs ants have within the colony. Photographs support the text.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge
  • Categorize information
  • Recognize the sounds of n-family final blends /nd/, /nk/, and /nt/
  • Associate nd, nk, and nt with the phonetic elements /nd/, /nk/, and /nt/
  • Recognize adjectives as words that describe
  • Use content vocabulary

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: food, home, top
  • Content words: antennae, ground, insect, jaws, queen, size, yard
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