Book Summary
How Many Wheels? is an informational book about a variety of objects that have different numbers of wheels. Familiar items are paired with ones students may not recognize in order to help students make a connection with the number words in the text. The last page of the book poses a question that encourages students to use higher level thinking skills. 

About the Lesson 

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Connect life experience and use prior knowledge

Objectives

• Use the strategy of making connections to life experiences and using prior knowledge to understand informational text
• Classify text information
• Orally differentiate initial sounds
• Associate the letter m with the sound /m/
• Recognize number words

Materials

• Book – How Many Wheels? (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Classification, phonics, 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 words: some, have
• Content words: many, move, wheels, one, two, three, four