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Grade 2
Fountas & Pinnell M
Reading Recovery 20
DRA 28
The Shadow People
Science Fiction (fiction), 874 words, Level O (Grade 2)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Visualize
Comprehension Author's Purpose
Grammar and Mechanics Pronouns
Word Work Compound Words

Book Summary

Lila's class is on a field trip to the zoo. While busying herself making shadow puppets on the ground, Lila notices a group of students pass by that, strangely enough, don't cast any shadows! When one of the students accidentally drops a strange pendant, Lila is after him to solve the mystery. This text provides a good introduction to science fiction.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Visualize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of visualizing (creating mental pictures) to better understand text
  • Understand and identify the author’s purpose
  • Understand and identify subject pronouns
  • Identify and understand the meaning of closed compound words

Vocabulary

  • Content words: being, dimensional, distracted, hypercube, imagined, invisible, pendant, properties, register, typically, whisked
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