What's Up? 6-pack Author: Diana Noonan ISBN: 9780478122176 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: K Reading Level: B Strategy/Skill: Comprehension strategies, Information skills, Phonics, Vocabulary and word study Genre: Report Theme/Topic: Leisure and Recreation, Science and Technology Classification: Nonfiction Fluency: Emergent

Book Summary

What’s Up? shows that the air above us is bustling with living things and objects made by people. The book takes a close look at things that float,
things that fly, and things that glide in the air around us.

Features of the Book

• The high-frequency words – “up,” “A,” “and,” and “me.”
• The close picture/text match.
• The repetition in the structure of the story.
• Clear, well-placed text.
• The contraction “What’s.”
• The initial “b” consonant – “bird,” “bat,” and “bumble bee.”
• The “pl” blend – “plans.”
• The double vowels – “ee” and “oo.”
• The double consonants – “bubble” and “balloon.”

Purpose

What’s Up? can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce the following skills and strategies:

• responding to simple questions about the story’s content
• recognizing the relationship between letters and their sounds
• introducing and discussing new words contained within the story
• collecting information related to the story to share with others

For more information please see our Lesson Plan