Book Summary
Maria Goes to School introduces readers to the print vocabulary for the names of familiar items taken to school. The familiar situation, repeated sentence pattern, and picture-to-text correspondence help early readers make meaningful connections. 

About the Lesson 

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Connect life experience and use prior knowledge

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of connecting life experiences and using prior knowledge to understand text
• Order events from the story in sequence
• Listen for words that rhyme
• Associate the letter h with the sound /h/
• Understand that some words name things
• Categorize words associated with school

Materials

• Book – Maria Goes to School (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Main idea and details, initial consonant m, word categorization worksheets

    Indicates an opportunity to use the book interactively (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are not consumable.)

Vocabulary

• High-frequency words: I, my
• Content words: backpack, pencils, ruler, eraser, crayons, sweater, brother, lunch, hug, ride