Our Camping Trip
Personal Recount (fiction),
150 words,
Level F (Grade 1)
Even students who have never been camping will enjoy this story of a family’s overnight camping trip. Told in first-person point of view and cleverly illustrated by “photographs” taken by the young boy, Our Camping Trip uses simple dialogue and repetitive text to ensure readers’ success.
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Preteach the Vocabulary
High-Frequency Words
and, to, we Story Words
camera, camp, camping, cooking gear, fishing, lake, picture, remember, sleeping bags, tent
and, to, we Story Words
camera, camp, camping, cooking gear, fishing, lake, picture, remember, sleeping bags, tent
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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Retell to understand and remember a fiction story
Comprehension
Sequence events
Phonological Awareness
Identify and produce rhyme
Phonics
Identify VCe pattern
Grammar and Mechanics
Recognize and understand verbs
Word Work
Place words in alphabetical order
Retell to understand and remember a fiction story
Comprehension
Sequence events
Phonological Awareness
Identify and produce rhyme
Phonics
Identify VCe pattern
Grammar and Mechanics
Recognize and understand verbs
Word Work
Place words in alphabetical order
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class






