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My Shadow
6-pack
ISBN: 9780478121384
Grade Level:
1
Reading Level:
E
Strategy/Skill:
Cause and effect, Phonemic awareness, Using texts as models for own writing
Genre:
General Narrative
Theme/Topic:
Change over Time, Family, Leisure and Recreation
Classification:
Fiction
Fluency:
Early
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Book Summary
My Shadow is a series of simple, reflective statements made about the attributes of shadows.
Features of the Book
- The rhythm of the central pages of text when chanted.
- The way the lengths of the shadows in the illustrations vary from page to page.
- The rhyme – “day” and “away.”
- The “sh” blend – “shadow” and “short.”
- The different sounds of the “o” vowel in "long,” “short,” “morning,” and “comes.”
- The ellipsis on page 11 indicating that text continues on the next page.
- The high-frequency words – “can,” “be,” “up,” and “going.”
Purpose
My Shadow can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce and reinforce the following skills and strategies:
- discussing the cause and effect of specific events within the story
- hearing the individual sounds in a word
- innovating on an original story line to write another version
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
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