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The Igloo Level L
Text Type: Fiction • Word Count: 458

Lesson Parts
1) Before Reading
2) During Reading
3) After Reading
4) Building Skills
5) Extend the Reading

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Book Summary
The Igloo is a winter story about the Hoppers, a family of rabbits who each have distinct personalities. Children will enjoy meeting Floppy Ears, Speedy Legs, Fluffy Tail, and especially the endearing Snubby Nose, who always feels left out because he is rather funny looking. Mother and Papa Hopper and Grandpa Grizzly round out the story. 

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategies
Children should use a variety of strategies to determine word meaning and comprehend text. The target strategy for this lesson is: Using context clues. 

Word and Print Skills

Phonics
Silent letters

Word Work
Mechanics: Quotation marks

Targeted Vocabulary Words
Content Words:
igloo, goggles, doorway, brought, kettle
These are words that children will encounter in the text. You may want to review and discuss these words and have children add them to the classroom word wall or dictionary. 

Comprehension
You will likely address a number of comprehension skills as children work to understand the text. The target comprehension strategy for this lesson is: Main idea and details. 

Visual Learning
Discuss how important the illustrations are in expressing the events of a story, and what illustrations add to the story. You may ask children how the illustrations helped them understand the text. 


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