Keep Trying 6-pack Author: Jane Buxton ISBN: 9780790320908 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: K Reading Level: D Strategy/Skill: Making connections, Prior knowledge Genre: Realistic Fiction Theme/Topic: Challenge, Family, Sports Classification: Fiction Fluency: Emergent

Overview

This text is about achieving success through encouragement and practice. Dad supports his son by encouraging him to “keep trying,” then the child returns the favor by helping Dad learn to skip.

Suggested purposes

This book supports the comprehension strategies of identifying the main ideas, using prior knowledge, and making connections with real-life experiences. It provides opportunities to practice cross-checking and to focus on irregular verbs. The repetitive structure provides support for less confident readers.

Text features (Focus on only one or two per session.)

• the high-frequency words – and, can, do, I, it, said, you
• the initial consonant blends – cl, sk, sw, tr
• the contraction – can’t
• the irregular verb – could
• the repetition in the text
• the use of direct speech
• the use of exclamation marks
• the passage of time between the events of the left and the right pages
• the safety equipment featured in the illustrations
• the relationship between the boy and his father

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