I Need a Snow Day!
I Need a Snow Day!
I Need a Snow Day!
I Need a Snow Day!
I Need a Snow Day!
I Need a Snow Day!
I Need a Snow Day!
Realistic (fiction), 151 words, Level F (Grade 1), Lexile 340L
Have you ever been nervous about something and wished for an excuse to avoid it? That's exactly what happens to the girl in I Need a Snow Day! Feeling nervous about her math test, she wishes for a snow day so she can miss school. When she wakes up in the morning, will there be lots of snow? Detailed illustrations and engaging text support emergent readers. This story can also be used to teach students to determine fact and opinion as well as to recognize and use exclamatory sentences.
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High-Frequency Words
day, let, much
Story Words
flake, important, nervous, run, studied, subways
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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Visualize to better understand text
Comprehension
Fact or Opinion : Determine fact or opinion
Phonological Awareness
Short Vowel Sounds : Discriminate short vowel /u/ sound
Phonics
Short Vowels : Identify short vowel u
Grammar and Mechanics
Exclamatory Sentences : Recognize and use exclamatory sentences
Word Work
Alphabetical Order : Place words in alphabetical order
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
