Brad Needs a Budget
Brad Needs a Budget
Brad Needs a Budget
Brad Needs a Budget
Brad Needs a Budget
Brad Needs a Budget
Brad Needs a Budget
Realistic (fiction), 526 words, Level M (Grade 2), Lexile 760L
Brad never has enough money, even though he earns an allowance every week. When he complains, his parents tell him that he can earn more money if he does more work, but Brad doesn't want to do more work! Brad and his parents arrive at a solution: Brad needs to make a weekly budget. This realistic fiction story, with clear cross-curricular implications in math, presents opportunities to teach early readers to identify problem and solution in a story and simple sentences.
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Story Words
allowance, budget, charity, console, earned, expenses, expensive, raise, savings
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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Connect to prior knowledge to understand text
Comprehension
Problem and Solution : Determine problem and solution
Phonics
Consonant Digraphs : Identify consonant dg digraph
Grammar and Mechanics
Simple Sentences : Identify and analyze simple sentences
Word Work
Alphabetical Order : Arrange words in alphabetical order
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
