About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Summarize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand text
• Sequence events in a story
• Recognize and use the suffix -ing
• Identify and fluently read abbreviations

Materials

• Book -- We're in Business (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Vocabulary, summarize, sequence events, suffix -ing worksheets

    Indicates an opportunity for student to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reusable.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: ballot, brainstorming, business plan, committee, corporation, exceeded, finance, mission statement, participants, potential, present, presentation, proposed, requirements, stockholders, voting