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Leap! A Salmon's Story Level K
Text Type: Fiction • Word Count: 400

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WORKSHEETS FOR
LEAP! A SALMON'S STORY
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Correlation
READING A-Z LEVEL K
Grade 2
Fountas
& Pinnell
J
Reading
Recovery
17
DRA 18
Lesson Parts
1) Before Reading
2) During Reading
3) After Reading
4) Build Skills
5) Build Fluency
6) Extend the Reading
7) Assessment

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Book Summary
Leap! A Salmon's Story is a fictional tale about a salmon who has a very special, if not popular, talent. When she and her fellow salmon begin their long and tiring journey upstream to lay their eggs, the salmon's special ability helps save the fish from a hungry bear. As a result, the salmon are able to return home to spawn. The salmon life cycle is emphasized. Charming illustrations support the text.  

About the Lesson  

Targeted Reading Strategy

  • Visualize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand informational text
  • Understand sequencing through the life cycle of a salmon
  • Recognize and use pronouns
  • Identify and form compound words

Materials

  • Book -- Leap! A Salmon's Story (copy for each student)
  • Chalkboard or dry erase board
  • Books that show photos of salmon (optional)
  • Visualize, sequence events, pronouns 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

  • Content words: current, downstream, fry, predators, rapids, spawn, upstream, yolk, practiced, mighty, task