| Reading A-Z Level |  |
| Ages | 8 - 9 |
| Grade | 3 |
| Fountas & Pinnell | P |
| Reading Recovery | 38 |
| DRA | 38 |
| Lexile | 731-770 |
Alice's Birthday Cake
Realistic (fiction),
1,628 words,
Level T (Grade 3)
Alice's Birthday Cake is a story about a girl growing up during World War II. Although her thirteenth birthday is tomorrow, she is very sad. Her father is away fighting in the war, so he won't be there to sing Happy Birthday to her. With food and materials on short supply, she knows that her family cannot make her a cake. When her birthday arrives, Alice receives a special surprise. Illustrations support the text.
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Preteach the Vocabulary
Story Words
blackout, canned goods, disappointed, ration book, responsibility, sacrifices, scrap, shipped out, warden
blackout, canned goods, disappointed, ration book, responsibility, sacrifices, scrap, shipped out, warden
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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions to better understand the text
Comprehension
Understand and identify cause-and-effect relationships
Grammar and Mechanics
Recognize and use adverbs with the suffix -ly
Word Work
Identify and understand the use prefix un- and suffix -ful
Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions to better understand the text
Comprehension
Understand and identify cause-and-effect relationships
Grammar and Mechanics
Recognize and use adverbs with the suffix -ly
Word Work
Identify and understand the use prefix un- and suffix -ful
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Assess the Objectives
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