Book Summary
Yosemite and the Badge is a story about a boy who loves the outdoors. Although Nana doesn't like the outdoors, she loves her grandson. When he tells her about his dream of becoming a Junior Ranger, she agrees to take him to Yosemite National Park to earn his badge and learns a lot through the experience. Photographs and illustrations support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Visualize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand text
• Sequence events
• Identify compound sentences used in text
• Identify and use homophones

Materials

• Book -- Yosemite and the Badge (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Dictionaries
• Visualize, sequence events, compound sentences, homophones 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: conservationist, fauna, fen, giant sequoias, High Sierra, Native Americans, naturalist, oath, preserve, recite, replica, talus, verandas