Darby's Birthday Party
La fíesta de cumpleaños de Darby
La fête de Darby
Darby's Birthday Party
Darby's Birthday Party
Darby's Birthday Party
Darby's Birthday Party
Personal Narrative (fiction), 350 words, Level J (Grade 1), Lexile 400L
Darby's Birthday Party is about a dog named Darby who is going to be 15 years old. His human friends, Mia and Mike, decide to have a special birthday party for Darby, but they are not sure where it should take place. They consider many locations and finally settle on a place that is Darby's favorite--the zoo.
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Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to make sense of text
Comprehension
Problem and Solution : Identify problem and solution as story elements
Phonological Awareness
Initial Consonant Digraph : Discriminate initial consonant digraph /sh/
Phonics
Consonant Digraphs : Identify words with initial consonant digraph sh
Grammar and Mechanics
Quotation Marks : Recognize and understand the use of quotation marks
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Content Vocabulary : Alphabetize content vocabulary words
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