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My Family Level aa
Text Type: Fiction • Word Count: 17

Lesson Parts
1) Before Reading
2) During Reading
3) After Reading
4) Build Skills
5) Build Fluency
6) Extend the Reading
7) Assessment

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MORE LEVEL aa
LEVELED READERS
Farm Animals
The City
Go, Go, Go
My Family
Big
Little
Summer
Winter
In
Out
On
Under
Pets
Fido Gets Dressed
Over
The Classroom
We Build
Spring
Play Ball!
It Is Fall
The School
The Garden
Summer Picnics
Counting Letters

WORKSHEETS FOR
MY FAMILY
Worksheets

LEVEL aa
BENCHMARK BOOKS
The Zoo
Funny Cat

OTHER PRINT OPTIONS
Wordless Book



Correlation
READING A-Z LEVEL aa
Grade K
Fountas
& Pinnell
A
Reading
Recovery
1
DRA A - 1
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Book Summary
My Family is a simple book that presents the familiar and comforting subject of family. It teaches and reinforces the printed vocabulary for various immediate family members. Charming illustrations accompany each page of text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

  • Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

  • Connect text to personal experiences
  • Compare and contrast information
  • Initial sound discrimination
  • Associate the letter Mm with the sound /m/
  • Recognize that some words are naming words (nouns)
  • Categorize words

Materials

  • Book -- My Family (copy for each student)
  • Chalkboard or dry erase board
  • Compare and contrast, nouns worksheets
  • Word journal (optional)

Indicates an opportunity for student to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reusable.)

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: my, me, and
  • Content words: mother, father, brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother, family