The Giant Turnip
The Giant Turnip
The Giant Turnip
The Giant Turnip
The Giant Turnip
The Giant Turnip
The Giant Turnip
Folktale (fiction), 118 words, Level F (Grade 1), Lexile 400L
The Giant Turnip is a funny and entertaining story about the biggest turnip you have ever seen! Colorful illustrations and the repetitive text structure will support emergent readers. Students will have the opportunity to retell the events of the story as well as to identify characters in order to better understand the story.
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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Retell to understand text
Comprehension
Story Elements : Identify characters
Phonological Awareness
Initial Blends : Discriminate initial consonant gr-blend
Phonics
Consonant Blends : Identify initial consonant gr-blend
Grammar and Mechanics
Past-Tense Verbs : Recognize and use past-tense verbs
Word Work
Alphabetical Order : Arrange words in alphabetical order
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
