Follow the Leader 6-pack Author: Joanne Young ISBN: 9780478264456 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: K, 1, 2 Reading Level: C Strategy/Skill: Text structure, Vocabulary and word study Theme/Topic: Leisure and Recreation, Math Classification: Fiction Fluency: Emergent

Book Summary

Three children follow another child as he moves over playground equipment in different ways.

Word Study

• High-frequency words: the, When, went, up, they, all, down, in
• Punctuation: periods, exclamation point, commas, capital letters
• Phonics and phonemic awareness:
  • – J – Joe
  • – W, w – When, went
  • – d – down
  • – onsets and rimes – ar/ound, w/ent

Skills and Strategies

Reading Follow the Leader will reinforce the following objectives and give the children the opportunity to:

• identify and read high-frequency words in context
• emphasize left-to-right movement to reinforce directionality
• demonstrate an understanding of how print is organized and read
• write labels or captions for a specific purpose

Materials

• copies of words and punctuation for this book from page 135
• copies of BLM, pencils, scissors, glue
• paper, crayons

For more information please see our Lesson Plan