Lesson Plans Fluent Plus reading stage Level O (34)
Veneno mortal: ¿mata o cura? explica la diferencia entre los venenos producidos por los animales, y cómo los científicos usan los venenos para salvar vidas y crear plaguicidas. Running words: 1,368 Text type: Explanation
La princesa obstinada cuenta la historia de la princesa Nadia. Ella ama a los animales peligrosos y visita a menudo la cabaña de Anisha para aprender lo más posible sobre ellos. Un día se entera de una poción especial; un descubrimiento que será vital para su hermano Raj.
Content vocabulary
agresivo anticuerpos antídoto avances cáncer coágulos gotas inhala inyectar investigado salvavidas nervios parálisis persistencia plaguicidas poción absurdo presión saliva espasmos aguijón toxina/s vacuna valiente
Phonics
• Rules of accentuation for “esdrújulas” as in antídoto • Identifying the diphthongs “ia” and “ie”
Running words: 1,725 Text type: Narrative
Text features Veneno mortal: ¿mata o cura?
• Introduction and glossary • Fact boxes and labels
La princesa obstinada
• Third-person narrative with dialogue • Contents page, chapter headings
Reading strategies
• Linking information from photographs, fact boxes, and labels • Comparing and contrasting the book with fairytales
Correlations with State Standards Reading literature 3.RL.2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. Informational texts 3.RI.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text. Foundational skills 3.RF.4b Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
Writing 3.W.3c Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order. Speaking and listening 3.SL.4 Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace. Language 3.L.1g Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.