Scott Foresman Reading Street

For alternate Leveled Reader lesson plans that teach

Character, Visualize, and Lesson
Vocabulary, see pp. LR10–LR18.

A Day’s Work
Group Time

Retell Leveled Reader
The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Have students use the
illustrations as a guide to
retell The Boy Who Cried
Wolf. Prompt as needed.

Tell me what this story is about in a few sentences.
Why do you think the author wrote this story?
How does this story remind you of other stories?

for Fluency

MODEL Read aloud pp. 5–7 of the Leveled
Reader The Boy Who Cried Wolf, emphasizing characterization. Have students note how your voice shows emotion and changes when you read lines of dialogue for the various characters. Discuss how reading with characterization in mind makes the story more interesting and enjoyable.

PRACTICE Have students reread passages from The Boy Who Cried Wolf with a partner or individually. For optimal fluency, they should reread three or four times. As students read, monitor fluency and provide corrective feedback. Students in this group are assessed in Week 3.

Revisit Leveled Reader
The Song Makers Go to Salem

RETELL Have students retell
the Leveled Reader The
Song Makers Go to Salem.

WRITE A SONG Have
students complete the songs
they have been collaborating on throughout the week. Ask them to either read the lyrics or sing their songs to you. Then invite them to present their songs to the class.

for Fluency

PRACTICE Have students reread passages
from the Leveled Reader The Song Makers Go
to Salem with a partner or individually. As students
read, monitor fluency and provide corrective
feedback. If students read fluently on the first
reading, they do not need to reread three to four
times. Students in this group were assessed
in Week 1.