Guided Reading Lesson
Preteach the Vocabulary
High-Frequency Words
and, are, I
Story Words
apes, dolphins, elephants, giraffes, kangaroos, zebras
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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand text
Comprehension
Identify main idea and details
Phonological Awareness
Discriminate the initial /m/ sound
Phonics
Identify and write initial consonant Mm
Grammar and Mechanics
Recognize the word I as a proper noun
Word Work
Recognize and write the high-frequency word and
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Assessment Resources
