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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell D
Reading Recovery 5-6
DRA 6
The Busy Pond
Descriptive (nonfiction), 117 words, Level D (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Visualize
Comprehension Classify Information
Phonological Awareness Initial Consonants
Phonics Consonants
Grammar and Mechanics Nouns
Word Work High-Frequency Words

Book Summary
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.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Visualize

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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