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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell F
Reading Recovery 9-10
DRA 10
Glassblowing
Informational (nonfiction), 141 words, Level F (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Ask and answer questions
Comprehension Sequence Events
Phonological Awareness Blends
Phonics Consonant Blends
Grammar and Mechanics Verbs
Word Work Content Vocabulary

Book Summary
Glassblowing introduces readers to the art of blown glass. This informational book, told from the first-person point of view of a glassblower, takes the reader through the process of making a glass bowl. Descriptive words and action verbs, together with step-by-step photographs, make this an enjoyable book for early readers.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Ask and answer questions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions to understand text
  • Sequence events
  • Recognize the sounds of L-family blends
  • Associate the sounds of L-family blends with their spelling
  • Recognize that verbs are action words
  • Understand and use content vocabulary related to glassblowing

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: and, I, is, my, the, to
  • Content words: beautiful, bowl, bubble, colors, glass, glassblower, gooey, oven, pipe, table, tools
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