Book Summary
A young boy and his sister have fun visiting the Getty Museum in Los Angeles and learning about art. They also visit other parts of the museum where they have lunch, look at books, and dress up in costumes. This book is sure to encourage your young readers to visit an art museum for themselves. 

About the Lesson 

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Make text-to-self connections

Objectives

• Summarize information
• Orally manipulate medial sounds
• Identify words with soft c
• Identify verb tenses
• Understand content vocabulary

Materials

• Book - Going to the Art Museum (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry-erase board
• Summarization, Soft C, Verb Tense, Content Vocabulary 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: many, about, where
• Content vocabulary: museum, painting, computer, still life, sculpture, artist, costumes