Book Summary
Nami has a problem: She must make the perfect gift for each person in her family. It is her family tradition. She cannot think of the perfect gift for Aunt Hoshi. What will she make for her aunt? Nami's Gifts provides the opportunity to introduce the story elements of problem and solution to emergent readers. Pictures support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Retell

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of retelling to understand and remember story events
• Identify problem and solution
• Discriminate final consonant blend /st/
• Identify final consonant blend st
• Identify and use past-tense verbs
• Recognize and write the high-frequency word them

Materials

• Book -- Nami's Gifts (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Problem and solution, consonant blend st, past-tense verbs worksheets
• Discussion cards

      Indicates an opportunity for students to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reused.)

Vocabulary

• High-frequency words: here, know, next, made, put, saw, then, went, were
• Content words: clues, collects, gift, tradition