Lesson Objectives

Book Summary

What child--or what adult, for that matter--can resist the charm of a puppy, a lion cub, or a lamb? Simple and adorable photos accompany the repeated text patterns. While new vocabulary such as foal and kid may challenge students, the high-interest subject will keep them reading.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Ask and answer questions

Objectives

• Use the strategy of asking and answering questions to make meaning from text
• Main idea and details
• Discriminate initial /k/ sound
• Associate the letter Kk with the /k/ sound
• Understand that sentences begin with a capital letter and end with some form of punctuation
• Understand words for baby animals

Vocabulary

• High-frequency words: a, is, this
• Content words: calf, chick, cub, foal, kid, kitten, lamb, puppy