Maria Joins the Team

Reading Strategy	Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Comprehension	Identify Character, Setting and Plot
Phonological Awareness	Segment and Blend Phonemes
Phonics	Consonant Digraphs
Grammar and Mechanics	Quotation Marks
Word Work	Content Vocabulary

Book Summary

In this story Maria is asked to join a baseball team. She accepts the invitation and is excited about being a part of the team. However, at school her friend Amos gives her an invitation to his birthday party. The party is on the same day as Maria’s baseball game. Maria has a decision to make. She must decide if she is going to be a good team member and play in the game or go to the birthday party.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

Use the reading strategy of making predictions and then confirming or revising them when reading realistic fiction stories
Identify the attributes of characters and settings in a realistic fiction story
Blend individual sounds into words that are segmented
Identify and read words that begin and end with the consonant diagraph ch
Understand that quotation marks are used to identify speakers’ words
Understand and read content vocabulary related to baseball

Vocabulary

High-frequency words: come, asks, says, should, could
Content words: balloon, baseball, birthday, catch, coach, family, game, mitt, night, party, school, shortstop, team, Tuesday

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