Down at the River 6-pack Author: Anne M. Bingley ISBN: 9780478121087 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 1 Reading Level: E Strategy/Skill: Comprehension strategies, Making connections, Phonemic awareness, Summarizing Genre: General Narrative Theme/Topic: Family, Leisure and Recreation Classification: Fiction Fluency: Early

Book Summary

This is a simple rhythmic text about the pastime of skipping stones.

Features of the Book

• The poetic quality of the text.
• The blends – “sk,” “st,” “sm,” “fl,” and “pl.”
• The “thr” letter cluster – “three.”
• The use of numbers.
• The way the illustrator has shown movement.
• The close-up illustrations to show detail.
• The use of onomatopoeia – “skip” and “plop.”
• The use of exaggeration for effect – “We skip a million stones.”
• The high-frequency words – “We,” “at,” and “the.”

Purpose

Down at the River can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce and reinforce the following skills and strategies:

• using visual cues to monitor that reading is making sense
• using knowledge of onset and rime to create new words from those in the story
• summarizing the main parts of the story
• comparing the story to events in own lives

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