A Week with Grandpa Level E
Text Type: Fiction • Word Count: 102

Book Summary
A Week with Grandpa is the story of a little boy who spends seven fun-filled days with his grandfather. The days of the week are presented in sequential order, with the boy and his grandfather engaging in a different activity each day. The repetitive text pattern, picture-to-text correspondence, and high-interest topic make this an enjoyable book for early readers.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Retell

Objectives

• Use the strategy of retelling to understand the text
• Identify the sequence of a story
• Segment onset and rime
• Read words with r-family blends
• Identify proper nouns
• Read the days of the week

Materials

• Book -- A Week with Grandpa (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Sequence events, vocabulary worksheets
• Calendar
• 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: went, saw, anything
• Content words: week, Grandpa, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday