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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell E
Reading Recovery 7-8
DRA 8
Shoes Men Wear
Informational (nonfiction), 91 words, Level E (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension Main Idea and Details
Phonological Awareness Initial Consonant Digraph
Phonics Consonant Digraphs
Grammar and Mechanics Nouns
Word Work High-Frequency Words

Book Summary

For the purposes of this lesson, the books Shoes Men Wear and Shoes Women Wear should be used together. These books discuss the kinds of shoes men and women wear and the places they wear them. The lesson offers a unique opportunity to help students identify the purpose for each kind of shoe, note similarities and subtle differences between shoe styles, and gain experience with across-text reading. Repetitive text, high-frequency words, and supportive photographs make this an easy book for emergent readers.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand text
  • Identify main idea and details
  • Discriminate initial sound /sh/
  • Identify initial consonant digraph sh
  • Recognize and use nouns
  • Identify and use high-frequency word them

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: are, around, in, play, the, them, to
  • Content words: beach, cleats, dance, flip-flops, hiking boots, men, park, pumps, shoes, slippers, sneakers, snow, soccer, sport, tough, warm, wear, winter, women, woods, work boots
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