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About Trees
Level P
Benchmark Books
Serial Books
| Reading A-Z Level |
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| Grade |
2 |
| Fountas & Pinnell |
M |
| Reading Recovery |
28 |
| DRA |
28 |
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About Trees
Informational (nonfiction), 769 words,
Level P (Grade 2)
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Lesson Objectives |
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| Reading Strategy |
Visualize |
| Comprehension |
Compare and Contrast |
| Grammar and Mechanics |
Contractions |
| Word Work |
Metaphors |
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Book Summary |
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About Trees is an informational text that introduces readers to basic concepts about trees, such as their parts, characteristics, and life processes. The two main kinds of trees, deciduous trees and conifers, are described and compared. Photographs support the text.
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About the Lesson |
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Targeted Reading Strategy
Objectives
- Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand informational text
- Identify the similarities and differences between deciduous and coniferous trees
- Identify, create, and use contractions within sentences
- Identify, explain, and use metaphors
Vocabulary
Content words: bark, branches, chlorophyl, conifers, deciduous, flowers, fruit, highways, leaves, nutrients, nuts, pinecone, pine nuts, protect, roots, sap, saplings, seed case, seeds, sprout, traffic, trunk
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