The Sky Is Falling Level D
Text Type: Fiction • Word Count: 98

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WORKSHEETS FOR
THE SKY IS FALLING
Worksheets

LEVEL D
BENCHMARK BOOKS
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COMPREHENSION QUIZ FOR
THE SKY IS FALLING
Comprehension Quiz
Level D Answer Sheet

OTHER PRINT OPTIONS
RAZ Pocketbook
Wordless Book

Book Summary
The classic tale of rumor and panic is retold in this hilarious book. Students will delight in the snowballing effect of the story and the comic illustrations.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Retell

Objectives

• Use the strategy of pausing while reading to retell what has been read
• Sequence story events
• Discriminate medial vowel sounds
• Associate the letter Aa with the short /a/ vowel sound
• Understand that quotation marks identify a speaker's words
• Understand how to place words in alphabetical order

Materials

• Book -- The Sky is Falling (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Sequence events, short /a/ worksheets
• Word journal (optional)

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: from, is, not
• Content words: rabbit, fox, sky, falling, bear, squirrel, deer, mouse, owl, head