About the Lesson 

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Visualize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand text
• Sequence events
• Discriminate initial /t/ sound
• Identify initial consonant (t)
• Recognize and understand that sentences begin with a capital letter
• Recognize and pronounce high-frequency words for, is, it, and the

Materials

• Book -- It Is School Time (copy for each student)
• Teaching clock, index cards
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Sequence events, discriminate initial /t/, high-frequency words worksheets

    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: for, is, it, the
• Content words: breakfast, bus, home, lunch, math, music, reading, recess, school, science, time