Book Summary
In this simple, easy-to-decode leveled reader, students learn about all of the places where they can find water. Rivers, lakes, streams, oceans, and even underground caves are introduced through patterned text and beautiful photographs. 

About the Lesson 

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Connect life experience and use prior knowledge

Objectives

• Identify facts about a topic
• Differentiate initial sounds in oral words
• Sound out words beginning with w
• Use capital letters and periods in sentences
• Understand meanings of content vocabulary

Materials

• Book - Where Is Water? (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Ww Alphabet Flashcard
• Fact Web, Letter W, Capitalization and Punctuation worksheets
• 3-cell Elkonin boxes, colored chips or circles, set of the following letters for each student: w, i, g, e, b, a, t
• Capital letters on construction paper: W, T, A: three periods

     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 words: is, in, the
• Content words: water, rivers, lakes, ocean, sky, pool, ground