It Is Spring Level B
Text Type: Nonfiction • Word Count : 35

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
IT IS SPRING
Worksheets

LEVEL B
BENCHMARK BOOKS
The Sandwich
This Turtle

OTHER PRINT OPTIONS
Wordless Book

Book Summary
There's something special about springtime. Things pop up and out all over the place. It Is Spring shows readers the varied and wonderful things that happen during springtime. Imaginative illustrations accompany the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Visualize

Objectives

• Use the strategy of visualization to better understand text
• Identify main idea and details
• Orally blend syllables
• Associate the letter Oo with the sound /o/
• Identify capitalization and periods in sentences
• Understand and use content vocabulary

Materials

• Book -- It Is Spring (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Main idea and details, short /o/ 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: the, up, out
• Content words: sun, spring, everywhere, pop, animals, birds, leaves, plants, worms, flowers