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Concept (nonfiction), 25 words, Level aa (Grade K), Nonfiction Series, Lexile BR40L
Going to the beach is a favorite activity for many students on a hot summer day! In Purple, students will become familiar with the color word purple through a story about purple items that can be found at the beach. Detailed photographs and repetitive text support early emergent readers. In addition to working on decoding skills, students will have the opportunity to compare and contrast as well as to visualize to better understand the text.
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Guided Reading Lesson
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Reading Strategy Visualize to understand text
Comprehension Compare and Contrast : Compare and contrast ideas from a text
Phonological Awareness Initial Consonants : Discriminate initial consonant /p/ sound
Phonics Consonants : Identify initial and final consonant Pp
Grammar and Mechanics Capitalization : Capitalize sentence beginnings and punctuate sentence endings
Word Work Synonyms : Identify and use synonyms
