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The Food We Eat Level G
Text Type: Nonfiction • Word Count: 195

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WORKSHEETS FOR
THE FOOD WE EAT
Worksheets
U.K. Worksheets

LEVEL G
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COMPREHENSION QUIZ FOR
THE FOOD WE EAT
Comprehension Quiz
Level G Answer Sheet

OTHER PRINT OPTIONS
Wordless Book



Correlation
READING A-Z LEVEL G
Grade 1
Fountas
& Pinnell
G
Reading
Recovery
11-12
DRA 12
Lesson Parts
1) Before Reading
2) During Reading
3) After Reading
4) Build Skills
5) Build Fluency
6) Extend the Reading
7) Assessment

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Book Summary
Have you ever wondered where pizza comes from? How about eggs or bagels? The Food We Eat provides information about the ingredients of some of our favorite foods. While introducing vocabulary words, the book reminds the reader that food comes from living things; not just from a package in a supermarket.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

  • Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand text
  • Classify information
  • Manipulate initial sounds
  • Identify long /e/ digraph spellings
  • Identify and use question marks
  • Place words in alphabetical order

Materials

  • Book -- The Food We Eat (copy for each student)
  • Chalkboard or dry erase board
  • Classify information, long /e/ digraphs 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: where, does, come, from
  • Content words: food, plants, animals, orange, bagels, wheat, omelets, hamburger, cattle, cheese, pepperoni, sauce