Troika: Canine Superhero Level O
Text Type: Fiction • Word Count: 1082

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COMPREHENSION QUIZ FOR
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Comprehension Quiz
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Book Summary
Troika is the lead dog in a dogsled team. Troika gets his name after he loses a leg protecting his master from a grizzly bear. Despite having only three legs, he saves his owner again when the ice cracks underneath a sled. Later, he protects his master from a charging bull moose. Because of Troika's bravery, his master calls him a superhero.

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategies
Children should use a variety of strategies to determine word meaning and comprehend text. The targeted strategy for this lesson is: predicting what will happen next.

Word and Print Skills
Phonics
ly ending
Identify and list words ending in ly

Word Work
Contractions
Identify and list contractions

Compound words
Identify and list compound words

Comprehension
You will likely address a number of comprehension skills as children work to understand the text. The targeted comprehension strategy for this lesson is: retelling in sequence.

Visual Learning
Children will note details in the illustrations that will help them understand the text.

Targeted Vocabulary Words
Content words
Troika, Russian, grizzly, superhero, mushing