

Grandparents are Great!
Grandparents are Great!
Grandparents are Great!
Grandparents are Great!
Grandparents are Great!
Grandparents are Great!
Grandparents are Great!
Informational (nonfiction), 24 words, Level A (Grade K), Lexile BR50L
What things do you enjoy doing with your grandparents? Do they like to swim or hike? In Grandparents Are Great! students will learn some of the many different things that grandparents can do. The vivid photographs and repetitive sentence structure make this book ideal for early emergent readers. Students will have the opportunity to determine the author's purpose and practice connecting to prior knowledge. They will also learn to recognize and use verbs.
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Lesson Resources
Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Connect to prior knowledge to understand text
Comprehension
Author's Purpose : Determine author’s purpose
Phonological Awareness
Initial Consonants : Discriminate initial consonant /s/ sound
Phonics
Consonants : Identify initial and final consonant Ss
Grammar and Mechanics
Verbs : Recognize and use verbs
Word Work
High-Frequency Words : Identify and use the high-frequency words are, read, some
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class