For alternate Leveled Reader lesson plans that teach
Cause and Effect, Answer Questions, and Lesson Vocabulary, see pp. LR1–LR9.
Wings Group Time
Retell Leveled Reader Brave Settlers in a Strange Land
Have students use the illustrations as a guide to summarize the important facts they learned. Prompt as needed:
Where does this book take place?
What is this book mostly about?
What did you learn from reading this book?
for Fluency
MODEL Read aloud p. 4 of the Leveled Reader Brave Settlers in a Strange Land. Call
attention to the fact that you have not skipped any words and that your rate of reading is at an understandable pace. Discuss why these reading behaviors are important. If necessary, provide an example of a paragraph read carelessly and too slowly or too fast.
PRACTICE Have students reread passages from Brave Settlers in a Strange Land with a partner or individually. For optimal fluency, they should reread three or four times. As students read, monitor fluency and provide corrective feedback. Assess the fluency of students in this group during Week 3.
Revisit Leveled Reader Special Talents, Extraordinary Lives
RETELL Have students tell what they learned from the Leveled Reader Special Talents, Extraordinary Lives.
NOW TRY THIS Have students complete their projects. You may wish to review their work and see whether they need any additional supplies. Have them present their projects.
for Fluency
PRACTICE Have students reread passages from the Leveled Reader Special Talents, Extraordinary Lives 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. Assess the fluency of students in this group using p. 35a.
Have students use the illustrations
for Fluency
RETELL Have students tell what they learned from the Leveled Reader Special Talents, Extraordinary Lives.
for Fluency
Cause and Effect,