We All Play Sports 6-pack Author: Diana Noonan ISBN: 9780478122022 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: K Reading Level: C Strategy/Skill: Comprehension strategies, Making connections, Using texts as models for own writing, Vocabulary and word study Genre: General Narrative Theme/Topic: Family, Leisure and Recreation, Sports Classification: Fiction Fluency: Emergent

Book Summary

This story shows family members of all ages actively involved in different sporting activities.

Features of the Book

• The strong illustration support.
• The high-frequency words – “My,” “with,” and “me.”
• Clear, consistently placed text.
• The compound words – “baseball,” “basketball,” and “football.”
• The “ays” word ending – “plays.”
• The names for family members – “mom” and “dad.”
• The ellipsis on page 7, indicating anticipation.
• The use of bold type for effect.

Purpose

We All Play Sports can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce the following skills and strategies:

• monitoring the reading and ensuring it is making sense using meaning, structure, and visual information from the story
• sharing own experiences related to the content of the story
• introducing and discussing new words contained within the story
• writing a simple set of instructions

For more information please see our Lesson Plan