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Reading A-Z Level
Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell I
Reading Recovery 15-16
DRA 16
Tian Tian, A Giant Panda
Factual Description (nonfiction), 240 words, Level I (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Ask and answer questions
Comprehension Main Idea and Details
Phonics R-Controlled Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics Pronouns
Word Work Alphabetizing

Book Summary
This book presents information about giant pandas through the story of Tian Tian, a giant panda born in China that currently lives in the United States. Students gain knowledge about a giant panda's habitat, diet, description, and playful nature. Photographs support the text.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Ask and answer questions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions to understand text
  • Identify main idea and details
  • Discriminate r-controlled /ur/
  • Identify pronouns and the nouns they stand for
  • Understand how to place words in alphabetical order

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: about, came, have, like, live, their, they, this, when, where
  • Content words: bamboo, bear, China, forests, giant panda, special, survive, Tian Tian, weighs, wild, zoo
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