Suggested lesson plan for
"First bike road race has stuff for kids"
Possible hard words:
Proper names: Tour de France, California,
Georgia, Stacey Blumberg, Tour of Missouri Youth Activity
Book, Clinton, Branson, Lebanon, Alps, Mike Weiss, Kevin Livingston,
Lance Armstrong
Other words: elite, promoters, downloaded,
lingo, venue
BEFORE READING: Ask the young reader
to read the list of possible hard words. Offer help as needed,
but keep track of the number of items from the list that require
your help. If no more than three require assistance, ask the
young reader to read the article silently. If four to six
require your assistance, have him or her read the article
aloud to you. If seven or more items are problems, you volunteer
to read the article aloud. In all three instances, point out
questions will be raised afterward.
DURING READING: For the silent reader,
offer to help with names or words if asked. For the one reading
aloud, supply words fairly promptly in order to keep the reading
reasonably fluent. If you read aloud, model fluent oral reading.
AFTER READING: Use questions such as
the following to check comprehension and promote discussion
of the article.
