
Swamp Music
Swamp Music
Swamp Music
Swamp Music
Swamp Music
Swamp Music
Swamp Music
Fantasy (fiction), 122 words, Level D (Grade 1)
Bored on a quiet day? Why not make a little music? The critters in Swamp Music do just that, using their special attributes to create a song together. This story, for the emergent reader, is lighthearted and fun, and provides an excellent vehicle for teaching how to sequence events and use rhyme.
Lesson Resources
Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of retelling to understand text
Comprehension
Sequence Events : Sequence events
Phonics
Rhyme : Identify and produce rhyming words
Grammar and Mechanics
Quotation Marks : Understand and use quotation marks
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class