Winter Vacation
Winter Vacation
Winter Vacation
Winter Vacation
Winter Vacation
Winter Vacation
Winter Vacation
Realistic (fiction), 180 words, Level I (Grade 1), Lexile 480L
Denise is bored. It is winter vacation, and she is out of things to do. While she is waiting for it to snow, she does puzzles and reads books. How will Denise stay busy while waiting for the snow? Winter Vacation provides the opportunity to introduce problem and solution to early readers. Illustrations support the text.
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Lesson Resources
High-Frequency Words
does, her, she
Story Words
arrive, bored, microphone, neighborhood, squeals, vacation
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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of retelling to understand and remember story events
Comprehension
Problem and Solution : Identify problem and solution
Phonological Awareness
Discriminate Variant Vowel Sounds : Discriminate variant vowel /oo/
Phonics
Variant Vowels : Identify variant vowel oo
Grammar and Mechanics
Quotation Marks : Identify and use quotation marks
Word Work
High-Frequency Words : Understand and use high-frequency words she and her
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
