About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Ask questions

Objectives                                                                                     

• Use the reading strategy of asking questions to understand text
• Identify the problem and solution
• Manipulate final sounds
• Understand that y may represent the long /e/ sound
• Recognize and understand the present verb tense
• Recognize and understand position words

Materials

• Book -- The Cinnamon Bun Mystery (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Problem and solution, long /e/, prepositions 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: always, gets, says, they, when, know, where, saw, down, after, their, from, then, come
• Content words: Erica, bakery, usual, Mr. Hoffman, baker, polka-dot, scooter, art center, Mrs. Garcia