| Reading A-Z Level |  |
| Ages | 7 - 8 |
| Grade | 2 |
| Fountas & Pinnell | M |
| Reading Recovery | 20 |
| DRA | 28 |
| Lexile | 551-650 |
Colleen and the Leprechaun
Fantasy (fiction),
608 words,
Level N (Grade 2)
Colleen and the Leprechaun is the story of an eight-year-old girl who takes a trip to Ireland to meet her grandparents for the first time. On the way to her grandparents’ home, her grandfather fascinates her with stories of Celtic fairies and Irish legends, mysteriously warning her to watch for “little people.” Illustrations and maps support the text.
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Preteach the Vocabulary
Story Words
dandelions, hedgerow, legends, leprechaun, suspicion, treasure
dandelions, hedgerow, legends, leprechaun, suspicion, treasure
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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Make, revise, and confirm predictions to understand text
Comprehension
Sequence events in a story
Phonics
Identify vowel digraph ee
Grammar and Mechanics
Understand the use of quotation marks to identify dialogue
Word Work
Recognize and use homophones
Make, revise, and confirm predictions to understand text
Comprehension
Sequence events in a story
Phonics
Identify vowel digraph ee
Grammar and Mechanics
Understand the use of quotation marks to identify dialogue
Word Work
Recognize and use homophones
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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