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Ages	4 - 6
Grade	K
Fountas & Pinnell	A
Reading Recovery	1
DRA	A-1
Lexile	BR-70L

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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

Leveled Book Lesson

Preteach the Vocabulary

High-Frequency Words
are, read, some

Story Words
garden, golf, grandparents, hike, paint, sew

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Teach the Objectives

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Reading Strategy
Connect to prior knowledge to understand text

Comprehension
Determine author’s purpose

Phonological Awareness
Discriminate initial consonant /s/ sound

Phonics
Identify initial and final consonant Ss

Grammar and Mechanics
Recognize and use verbs

Word Work
Identify and use the high-frequency words are, read, some

Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class

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