Book Summary
This book informs students about the types of things located in the country. Students will learn about all of these places and their purposes. Detailed, supportive illustrations and repetitive phrases support early readers.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand text
• Identify main idea and details
• Discriminate initial consonant /f/ sound
• Identify initial consonant Ff
• Recognize and use questions marks
• Recognize and use high-frequency word this

Materials

• Book -- Country Places (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Main idea and details, initial consonant Ff, question marks worksheets
• Discussion cards

    Indicates an opportunity for students to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reused.)

Vocabulary

• High-frequency words: are, grow, in, is, it, the, there, this, what
• Content words: barn, city, corral, farm, farmhouse, field, garden, orchard, pen, place, shed