Book Summary
Students will love learning about their feathered friends, from familiar owls to exotic emus. Each page of text has interesting information and engaging photos.

About the Lesson

Objectives

• Compare and contrast text information
• Blend and segment phonemes
• Identify words with long and short ea digraph
• Identify describing words (adjectives)
• Brainstorm content vocabulary

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Ask and answer questions

Materials

• Book - Birds (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry-erase board
• Compare and Contrast, ea Digraph, Describing Words, Content Words worksheets
• Word journal (optional)

    Indicates an opportunity to use the book interactively (all activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are not consumable)

Vocabulary

• High-frequency words: this, has
• Content words: pelican, roadrunner, toucan, emu, owl, puffin, hummingbirds, eagles, cockatoos, vultures