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Monster Cowboy Level J
Text Type: Fiction Word Count: 308

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WORKSHEETS FOR
MONSTER COWBOY
Worksheets

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Correlation
READING A-Z LEVEL I
Grade 1
Fountas
& Pinnell
I
Reading
Recovery
15
DRA 16

Lesson Parts
1) Before Reading
2) During Reading
3) After Reading
4) Build Skills
5) Build Fluency
6) Expand the Reading
7) Assessment

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Text Summary
Monster Cowboy is a story about making a friend’s dreams come true. In this story Lurk wants to be a cowboy. His friends surprise him with a visit to a farm to ride a horse. Unfortunately the horses at the farm are too small for Lurk to ride. Lurk’s friends find another way for Lurk to ride horses. 

About the Lesson 

Targeted Reading Strategy

  • Make connections to prior knowledge

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge before and during reading
  • Analyze characters
  • Orally blend phonemes
  • Associate the letter oy with the sound /oy/
  • Identify nouns
  • Sort words into categories

Materials

  • Book -- Monster Cowboy (copy for each student)
  • Chalkboard or dry erase board
  • Character web, phonics worksheets
  • Word journal (optional)

Indicates an opportunity for student to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if you choose not to have students consume the books.)

Vocabulary

  • High-frequency words: will, are, about, know, of, other, some
  • Content words: monster, cowboy, horse, saddle, boots, trail, woods, farm, grub, doggies


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