Book Summary
In My Neighborhood, students take a tour of a boy's neighborhood and learn about common places located there. Concept of a map is also introduced to students. Patterned text, high-frequency words, and supportive pictures make this book perfect for emerging readers.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Visualize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand text
• Identify main idea and details
• Discriminate initial consonant blend /st/
• Identify initial consonant blend st
• Identify and use adjectives
• Identify and use high-frequency word my

Materials

• Book -- My Neighborhood (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Main idea and details, consonant blend st, adjectives 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: a, are, in, is, my, there, this
• Content words: bakery, fire station, grocery store, houses, library, neighborhood, park, school, streets