About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Self-question

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of self-questioning to guide reading
• Identify the problem and solution in the story
• Identify the medial short /o/ sound
• Identify and sort words that contain a y vowel
• Identify and use exclamation marks
• Identify high-frequency words in text

Materials

• Book -- Why Robins Hop (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Problem and solution, vowel y, high-frequency words 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: once, knew, they, other, only, together

Content words: problem, robins, chickens, foxes, woodpecker, crow, hummingbird, sparrow