Book Summary
A magician tricks Aladdin, the son of a poor tailor, into getting a magic lamp from a hidden cavern. Aladdin is able to use the magic lamp to get treasures for his family and marry the Sultan’s daughter, Princess Buddir. But the magician wants his lamp back, and Aladdin must outwit him again. 

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategies
Students should use a variety of strategies to determine word meaning and comprehend text. The target strategy for this lesson is: rereading to check for sense. 

Word and Print Skills

Phonics
Soft g sound
Word Work
Suffixes
Grammar
Conjunctions 

Targeted Vocabulary Words
exhaustion, magician, immediately, labor, incense, murmured, mysterious, passageway, demanded, protested, accidentally, genie, enormous, terrified, satisfying, Sultan, bathhouse, cavern, grumbled, distinguishable, splendid, magnificent, procession, sumptuous, summoned, vanished,

These are difficult words that students will encounter in the text. You may want to review and discuss the words and have students add them to the classroom word wall or dictionary. 

Comprehension
You will likely address a number of comprehension skills as students work to understand the text. The target comprehension strategy for this lesson is: drawing conclusions.