Big Level aa
Text Type: Nonfiction • Word Count: 24

Book Summary
What's the biggest thing a young reader can think of? A house? A tree? A plane? A dinosaur? They are all featured in this adorable book. Repeated high-frequency words assist in decoding, and new vocabulary is introduced with one-to-one picture correspondence.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand new information
• Compare and contrast information
• Identify the /b/ sound
• Associate the letter Bb with the sound /b/
• Recognize naming words (nouns)
• Recognize opposites (antonyms)

Materials

• Book -- Big (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Compare and contrast, initial consonant Bb worksheets
• Word journal (optional)

Indicates an opportunity for student to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reusable.)

Vocabulary

• High-frequency words: a, big
• Content words: house, dog, car, bus, plane, tree, elephant, dinosaur