Book Summary
Readers will love seeing their favorite pets, from bunnies to turtles, in this simple early reader. One-to-one picture correspondence, simple text, and familiar creatures will help children recognize the printed words for the animals they find in their homes.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

• Make logical predictions based on text/picture information
• Classify information and vocabulary from the text
• Discriminate medial sounds
• Associate the letter Ee with the short vowel sound /e/
• Recognize naming words
• Categorize words

Materials

• Book -- Pets (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Classify information, short /e/ 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 word: the
• Content words: pets, cat, dog, bunny, bird, goldfish, mouse, turtle, hamster