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Making Salsa!
Factual Description (nonfiction), 39 words, Level C (Grade K)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Visualize
Comprehension Sequence Events
Phonological Awareness Initial Consonants
Phonics Consonants
Grammar and Mechanics Periods
Word Work High-Frequency Words

Book Summary

What do you need to make salsa? In Making Salsa, a boy shows all the ingredients and the sequence needed to make salsa. At the end, the boy and his mom enjoy what he made. Repetitive phrases and high-frequency words support early readers.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Visualize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand text
  • Sequence events
  • Discriminate initial sound /g/
  • Identify initial consonant Gg
  • Recognize and understand the use of periods at the end of sentences
  • Identify and use high-frequency word in

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: and, eat, go, I, in, the, we
  • Content words: black pepper, chips, cilantro, lemon juice, onion, peppers, salsa, salt, tomato
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