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How Many Legs? Level B
Text Type: Nonfiction • Word Count : 41

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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LEVEL B
Leveled Readers
Go Animals Go
Games We Play
On the Farm
I Read a Book
It Is Spring
We Make Cookies
Playful Puppy
Where?
The Picnic
Paint It Purple
How Many Legs?
Where Is Water?
Near and Far Away
Pond Life
What Has These Feet?
Animal Sounds
Animals Can Move
I Pick Up
It Is School Time
You and I
Bananas Sometimes
You Can Go
Maria and Her Teacher
Animal Coverings
Taking the Bus
Winter Fun
What Has These Stripes?
We Pack a Picnic
What Has These Spots?

WORKSHEETS FOR
HOW MANY LEGS?

Worksheets

LEVEL B
BENCHMARK BOOKS

The Sandwich
This Turtle

OTHER PRINT OPTIONS
Wordless Book



Correlation
READING A-Z LEVEL B
Grade K
Fountas
& Pinnell
B
Reading
Recovery
2
DRA 2
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Book Summary
While most familiar land animals have legs, they don't all have the same number. This book introduces students to the different numbers of legs that animals use to get around, from two to too many to count. Clear photographs accompany the text for reinforcement of counting skills. 

About the Lesson

Objectives

  • Categorize text information
  • Identify rhyming words
  • Identify words with short /e/
  • Read and use regular plurals
  • Read and use number words

Targeted Reading Strategy

  • Make connections to prior knowledge

Materials

  • Book - How Many Legs? (copy for each student)
  • Chalkboard or dry-erase board
  • Ee Alphabet Flashcard
  • Categorization, Short /e/, Plurals, Number Words worksheets
  • Word journal (optional)

     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 word: have
  • Vocabulary: two, four, six, eight