Scott Foresman Reading Street

For alternate Leveled Reader lesson plans that teach

Author’s Purpose, Predict, and Lesson
Vocabulary, see pp. LR28–LR36.

Tops & Bottoms
Group Time

Retell Leveled Reader
Our Garden

Have students use the
illustrations and skimming
as a guide to retell Our Garden.
Prompt as needed.

What else happened in this story?
Why do you think the author wrote this story?
How does this story remind you of other stories?

for Fluency

MODEL Read aloud p. 3 of the Leveled Reader
Our Garden, emphasizing appropriate phrasing.
Have students note how you read words in
meaningful groups together. Discuss how reading in phrases creates a pleasing rhythm and makes the text easier to understand.

PRACTICE Have students reread passages from Our Garden with a partner or individually. For optimal fluency, students should reread three or four times. As students read, monitor fluency and provide corrective feedback. Students in this group were assessed in Week 3.

Revisit Leveled Reader
The Magic of Coyote

RETELL Have students retell the Leveled Reader The Magic of Coyote.

MAKE A TRAVEL BROCHURE
Have students complete their
projects. You may wish to
review their sources and see
whether they need any
additional supplies or
resources. Ask them to
explain their brochures or
posters to you, and then invite them to display their work.

for Fluency

PRACTICE Have students reread passages
from the Leveled Reader The Magic of Coyote
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.