Suggested Lesson Focus
The following skills are suggested for the lesson focus and strategies will be provided for these skills throughout the lesson. Most likely, other skills will be addressed in the course of reading and discussing the book.

Comprehension
Compare and Contrast

Word Skills
Root Words and Suffixes

Grammar Skills
Identifying Parts of Speech

Phonics Skills
Vowel Digraphs vs. Vowel Diphthongs

Targeted Vocabulary Words
Content Words

The following content words should be reviewed with children prior to independent reading. This will help children feel prepared and more successful as they are reading. Review how to say the words and what they mean. Review the book to see if there are words you would like to add to this list. As you look through the text, be sure to look at the descriptions of the photos in the book. Many of the words children might have difficulty with are found there. Remind children that many of the words can be broken down and sounded out.

lithograph, designed, peregrine, specifically, mechanical, figured