Book Summary
This is a wonderful collection of famous childhood stories of the first U.S. president, George Washington. Each story includes examples of how George Washington was an honest person, even as a child. 

Reader Supports

• Simple sentence structure 

Reader Challenges

• Limited picture support of text 

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategies
Students should use a variety of strategies to determine word meaning and comprehend text. The target strategy for this lesson is: rereading to work out difficult words or meanings. 

Word and Print Skills
Phonological Awareness
/sh/ sound
Phonics
Consonant digraph sh

Word Work

High Utility Words:
no, my, day, down, did 

Targeted Vocabulary Words
George Washington, president, hatchet, harshly, bucked, tumbled, honest

These are difficult words that students will encounter in the text. You may want to review and discuss the words and have students add them to the classroom word wall or dictionary. 

Comprehension
You will likely address a number of comprehension skills as students work to understand the text. The target comprehension strategy for this lesson is: drawing conclusions. 

Visual Learning
Understand how illustrations can help the reader better understand the text.