

Taking the Train
Tomar el tren
Taking the Train
Taking the Train
Taking the Train
Taking the Train
Taking the Train
Informational (nonfiction), 145 words, Level G (Grade 1), Lexile 360L
Through the fields, past the towns, over rivers, and on to the big city the train travels. Taking the Train provides students with a detailed look at the experience of riding a train. The book can also be used to teach students to ask and answer questions and to identify the author's purpose.
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Lesson Resources
Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Ask and answer questions to understand text
Comprehension
Author's Purpose : Determine the author’s purpose
Phonological Awareness
Final Blends : Discriminate final consonant st-blends
Phonics
Consonant Blends : Identify final consonant st-blends
Grammar and Mechanics
Declarative Sentences : Recognize and use declarative sentences
Word Work
Antonyms : Identify and use antonyms
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class