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My Balloon Man
6-pack
ISBN: 9780478264487
Grade Level:
K, 1, 2
Reading Level:
C
Strategy/Skill:
Comprehension strategies, Information skills, Text structure, Vocabulary and word study
Theme/Topic:
Art and Activity
Classification:
Nonfiction
Fluency:
Emergent
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Book Summary
A girl makes a balloon man using craft paper, cardboard, and a balloon. His large feet means he always lands the right way up!
Word Study
- High-frequency words: a, at, big, has, little, Look, my, My, He, on
- Punctuation: periods, exclamation point, capital letters
- Phonics and phonemic awareness:
- – M, m – My, man, mouth, my
- – b – balloon, big, body
- – h – hands, has, he, his
- – l – lands, look
- – onsets and rimes – h/ands, m/an
Skills and Strategies
Reading My Balloon Man 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
- use visual cues to monitor that reading is making sense
- select information from the story for a specific purpose
Materials
- copies of words and punctuation for this book from page 128
- copies of BLM, markers, pencils
- balloons, craft paper, cardboard, glue or tape
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
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