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A Prairie Dog's Life Level M
Text Type: Nonfiction • Word Count: 546

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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WORKSHEETS FOR
A PRAIRIE DOGS LIFE
Worksheets

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COMPREHENSION QUIZ FOR
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Comprehension Quiz
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Correlation
READING A-Z LEVEL M
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Reading
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DRA 24
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Book Summary
A Prairie Dog’s Life provides information about prairie dogs by describing the adventures of Charlie the prairie dog. The book informs readers about where prairie dogs live, what they look like, and how they respond to danger. The book also includes photos with captions, a map, a table of contents, glossary, and index. 

About the Lesson 

Targeted Reading Strategy

  • Summarize

Objectives

  • Use the strategy of summarizing while reading nonfiction text
  • Analyze features of nonfiction text
  • Use homophones their, there, and they’re
  • Recognize other homophones
  • Recognize and use possessive pronouns
Materials

  • Book – A Prairie Dog’s Life (copy for each student)
  • Chalkboard or dry erase board
  • Using features of nonfiction text and homophones worksheets
   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: there, their, they, that
  • Content words: burrow, colony, coterie, habitat, mammals, pioneers, prairie, predators