The City Level aa
Text Type: Nonfiction • Word Count: 17

MORE LEVEL aa
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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
THE CITY
Worksheets
U.K. Worksheets

LEVEL aa
BENCHMARK BOOKS
The Zoo
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OTHER PRINT OPTIONS
RAZ Pocketbook
Wordless Book

Book Summary
The City introduces students to the vocabulary of things they might see in a city. The book pairs realistic artwork with simple text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

• Use prior knowledge to make meaning from text
• Identify the main idea and details
• Discriminate initial sounds
• Associate the letter Pp with the sound /p/
• Understand that some words are naming words
• Categorize words

Materials

• Book -- The City (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Main idea and details, initial consonant Pp worksheets
• Sticky notes
• 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: the, big
• Content words: streets, cars, buses, stores, park, buildings, people, noise