Book Summary
Jamal and Isha are playing outside when the wind suddenly begins to blow and the air becomes colder. As the children run inside to get their coats, white flakes begin to fall. It's a snowstorm! Supportive pictures and high-frequency words support early readers in this fun winter story.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Visualize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand text
• Identify sequence of events
• Discriminate final sound /s/
• Identify final consonant Ss
• Recognize and use proper nouns
• Recognize and use the high-frequency words their and there

Materials

• Book -- The Snowstorm (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Visualize/Sequence events, final consonant Ss, proper nouns 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: get, into, their, there, they
• Content words: deeper, fall, faster, flakes, house, mouths, outside, snow, tongues