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Shoes Around the World
Level L
Benchmark Books
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| Reading A-Z Level |
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| Grade |
2 |
| Fountas & Pinnell |
K |
| Reading Recovery |
18 |
| DRA |
20 |
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Shoes Around the World
Informational (nonfiction), 389 words,
Level L (Grade 2)
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Lesson Objectives |
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| Reading Strategy |
Summarize |
| Comprehension |
Compare and Contrast |
| Grammar and Mechanics |
Contractions |
| Word Work |
Pronunciation |
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Book Summary |
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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.
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About the Lesson |
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Targeted Reading Strategy
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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