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Taking Care of Yourself - Early
6-pack
ISBN: 9780790326719
Grade Level:
1
Reading Level:
F
Strategy/Skill:
Asking questions, Main ideas, Making connections
Genre:
Nonfiction
Theme/Topic:
Daily routines, Food, Health, Hygiene, Safety, Sports
Classification:
Nonfiction
Fluency:
Early
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Overview
This lesson builds on the Whole-class Introduction and expands on the Taking Care of Yourself unit for early readers. It looks at how we keep healthy by keeping our teeth clean, eating healthy food, doing exercise, and keeping safe.
Suggested Purposes
This book supports the following comprehension strategies:
- making connections between prior knowledge and the text
- identifying the main ideas
- asking questions
It supports the following nonfiction strategies:
- using photographs to support the meaning of the text
- using captions
Features of the Text
Nonfiction features:
- introduction of health concepts and anchor
- words associated with the topic
- general information about taking care of ourselves (pages 2 to 7), followed by four
double-page spreads about specific things we can do to care for ourselves
- personal statement that ends the book
- preview question on the back cover
- photographs with text that supports and illustrates concepts
- use of captions
Word study:
- initial consonant blends – “br-,” “sch-,” “pl-,”“sc-,” “sp-”
- digraph – “th”
- Varied sentence lengths
Note: There is a lot of information in this book. You may like to cover it in two or more sessions. The first
session could cover pages 2 to 7. You might take up to four sessions to cover the following four double-page
spreads before concluding with page 16.
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
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