Joey's Stop Sign
Joey's Stop Sign
Joey's Stop Sign
Joey's Stop Sign
Joey's Stop Sign
Joey's Stop Sign
Joey's Stop Sign
Realistic (fiction), 486 words, Level L (Grade 2), Lexile 550L
There's too much traffic on the street! How will Joey solve this problem? Joey's Stop Sign is a realistic fiction book in which the four characters decide to request that the city install new stop signs to slow traffic. The children distribute a petition, gather data on how many cars pass before and after school, take pictures of people trying to cross, and even tell the story of a local dog that got hit by a car. Illustrations support the text.
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Lesson Resources
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
Phonics
Vowel Diphthong : Identify vowel diphthong ou
Grammar and Mechanics
Quotation Marks : Understand the use of quotation marks to identify dialogue
Word Work
Suffixes : Recognize the suffix -ed and understand the formation of past-tense verbs
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
