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The Busy Pond
Level D
Benchmark Books
| Reading A-Z Level |
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| Grade |
1 |
| Fountas & Pinnell |
D |
| Reading Recovery |
5-6 |
| DRA |
6 |
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The Busy Pond
Descriptive (nonfiction), 117 words,
Level D (Grade 1)
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Lesson Objectives |
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| Reading Strategy |
Visualize |
| Comprehension |
Classify Information |
| Phonological Awareness |
Initial Consonants |
| Phonics |
Consonants |
| Grammar and Mechanics |
Nouns |
| Word Work |
High-Frequency Words |
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Book Summary |
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In The Busy Pond, a boy sees many animals and plants when he goes to the pond. He notices what each animal is doing and what the plants look like. Repetitive text, high-frequency words, and supportive pictures make this book perfect for emerging readers.
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About the Lesson |
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Targeted Reading Strategy
Objectives
- Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand text
- Classify information
- Discriminate initial consonant sound /p/
- Identify initial consonant Pp
- Identify nouns as naming words
- Identify and write the high-frequency word they
Vocabulary
High-frequency words: all, are, around, many, see, they, when Content words: busy, cattails, ducks, fish, frogs, lily pads, pond, swim, turtles, water
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