About the Lesson 

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Visualize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand text
• Identify main idea and details
• Discriminate the initial short /u/ vowel sound
• Associate the letter Uu with the short /u/ vowel sound
• Recognize and understand the use of periods
• Recognize and use position words

Materials

• Book -- You Can Go (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Main idea and details, periods, position 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: can, go, I, with, you
• Content words: across, around, backward, forward, over, through, under