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La primera Noche de Brujas de Carlos
Carlos's First Halloween
Carlos's First Halloween
Carlos's First Halloween
Carlos's First Halloween
Carlos's First Halloween
Realistic (fiction), 101 words, Level E (Grade 1), Fiction Series, Lexile 340L
Carlos's First Halloween tells about a family's night of trick-or-treating during their first Halloween in America. The story uses familiar vocabulary, high-frequency words, and repetitive text to support beginning readers. Students will enjoy the surprise at the end of the story.
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Lesson Resources
High-Frequency Words
look, our, us
Story Words
building, costumes, ghost, Halloween, pirate, scared
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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand text
Comprehension
Story Elements : Identify story elements
Phonological Awareness
Segment Onset and Rime : Segment onset and rime
Phonics
Short Vowels : Identify short /u/ vowel
Grammar and Mechanics
Proper Nouns : Recognize and understand that names are proper nouns
Word Work
High-Frequency Words : Recognize and use high-frequency word this
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class