High Fives and Other Signs
High Fives and Other Signs
High Fives and Other Signs
High Fives and Other Signs
High Fives and Other Signs
High Fives and Other Signs
High Fives and Other Signs
Realistic (fiction), 447 words, Level K (Grade 2)
High Fives and Other Signs tells the story of what happens when Alma uses American Sign Language to communicate with Omar as she shows him around the community garden. Alma and Omar work together to solve a problem and find out that they make a great team. This book can be used to teach students to identify the author's purpose and recognize and use contractions.
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Lesson Resources
Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Comprehension
Author's Purpose : Identify author's purpose
Phonics
Diphthongs : Identify diphthongs ou and ow
Grammar and Mechanics
Contractions : Recognize and use contractions
Word Work
Homophones : Identify and use homophones
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
