About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Visualize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand text
• Identify cause and effect
• Segment onset and rime
• Identify and use the consonant blend sc
• Recognize quotation marks at the beginning and end of dialogue
• Understand and use content vocabulary

Materials

• Book -- Scaredy Crow (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Cause and effect, quotation marks, content vocabulary worksheets

    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: asked, he, here, let, not, said, the, there, was
• Content words: blowing corn, farmer, moved, night, scarecrow, scared, tractor, wind