Traffic Jam 6-pack Author: Feana Tu'akoi ISBN: 9780478264227 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: K, 1, 2 Reading Level: C Strategy/Skill: Comprehension strategies, Making predictions, Vocabulary and word study Theme/Topic: Math Classification: Fiction Fluency: Emergent

Book Summary

A boy talks to his mom about the different vehicles he can see in a traffic jam.

Word Study

• High-frequency words: I, can, see, a, in, the
• Punctuation: periods, exclamation point, capital letters
• Phonics and phonemic awareness:
  • – T, t – Traffic, taxi, tow, traffic, truck
  • – b – bike, bus
  • – c – can, car
  • – onsets and rimes – c/an, c/ar
  • – compound word – motorcycle

Skills and Strategies

Reading Traffic Jam will reinforce the following objectives and give the children the opportunity to:

• identify and read high-frequency words in context
• understand that text must make sense and use cues to monitor this
• use the context of the story to make predictions
• use text as a model for writing

Materials

• copies of words and punctuation for this book from page 122
• copies of BLM, pencils, markers
• photocopies of the pictures of each vehicle in the story, a long sheet of paper, crayons

For more information please see our Lesson Plan