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