Reading Strategies
Children should use a variety of strategies to determine word meaning and comprehend text. The target strategy for this lesson is: Decoding—Asking if it makes sense, if it sounds right, if it looks right. 

Word and Print Skills

Phonics
Diphthongs

Word Work
Conjunctions

Grammar
Suffixes

Targeted Vocabulary Words
buffalo, envied, medicine men, medicine lodge, swiftest, stampede, surrounded
These are words that children will encounter in the text. You may want to review and discuss the 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: Sequencing. 

Visual Learning
Discuss how children can understand the story by interpreting the illustrations.