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Reading A-Z Level
Grade 2
Fountas & Pinnell K
Reading Recovery 18
DRA 20
Shoes Around the World
Informational (nonfiction), 389 words, Level L (Grade 2)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Summarize
Comprehension Compare and Contrast
Grammar and Mechanics Contractions
Word Work Pronunciation

Book Summary
Shoes Around the World is a book about the many different types of shoes found around the world, including babouches from Morocco, klompen from Holland, lotus shoes from China, Saami reindeer boots from Lapland, cowboy boots from Australia, and sandals from Africa. Each chapter is dedicated to describing a different kind of shoe, listing its unique characteristics. Photographs and maps support the text.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Summarize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand text
  • Identify details to compare and contrast different types of shoes
  • Identify and use contractions
  • Understand how to read pronunciations in parentheses

Vocabulary

  • Content words: Arctic Circle, Australia, babouches, bandages, cactuses, China, comfortable, cowboy, Finland, Holland, klompen, Lapland, lotus, Morocco, Norway, reindeer, Russia, Saami, saddle, soles, stirrups, Sweden, West Africa
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