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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell J
Reading Recovery 17
DRA 18
Garrett Morgan and the Traffic Signal
Biography (nonfiction), 232 words, Level J (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Retell
Comprehension Elements of a Biography
Phonological Awareness Manipulate Initial and Final Sounds
Phonics Open Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics Verbs
Word Work Alphabetizing

Book Summary
People follow traffic signals every day. Did you ever wonder where the idea for the traffic signal came from? Garrett Morgan and the Traffic Signal tells about the problems of buggy and car drivers in the 1920s and one man's plan to help keep the streets safe.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Retell

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of retelling to understand text
  • Identify elements of a biography
  • Manipulate initial and final sounds
  • Recognize open vowel y
  • Understand and recognize verbs
  • Identify and understand how to place words in alphabetical order

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: knew, new, saw, then, this, went, when
  • Content words: buggies, busy, Cleveland, corners, Ohio, plan, problems, signal, traffic
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