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Grade 1
Fountas & Pinnell F
Reading Recovery 9-10
DRA 10
In a Chinese Garden
Descriptive (nonfiction), 96 words, Level F (Grade 1)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Visualize
Comprehension Make Inferences
Phonological Awareness Initial Consonants
Phonics Consonants
Grammar and Mechanics Nouns
Word Work Foreign Vocabulary

Book Summary
The book In a Chinese Garden introduces students to the features of a Chinese garden and the Chinese characters that represent some of the objects in it. Repetitive phrases, supportive pictures, and high-frequency words make this book a good choice for emerging readers.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Visualize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand text
  • Make inferences
  • Discriminate initial consonant sound /w/
  • Identify initial consonant Ww
  • Recognize nouns
  • Identify the meaning of Chinese characters

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: and, can, for, from, I'm, it, looks, on, or, see, so, they, too
  • Content words: Chinese, garden, glad, mirror, rocks, stand, strong, trees, water
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