Suggested lesson plan for
"Olivia Martin wants to build useful machinery"

Possible hard words:

Proper names: Olivia Martin, City Academy School, Kendra Neely-Martin, Florissant Valley Community College, Washington University Medical School, SLU Physicians and Mid-America Transplant Services Lab, University of Missouri - Rolla, Felicia A. Ezell, Kwanzaa, Princeton, Yale, Spellman University in Atlanta

Other words: etiquette, dissection, intrigued, heritage, equations

BEFORE READING: Have the young reader read the list of possible hard words. Provide help as needed but keep count of the number of items requiring your assistance. If three or fewer require help, have him or her read the article silently. If four to six require your help, have the child read the article aloud to you. If seven or more are problems, you offer to read the article aloud to the child. In all three instances point out questions will be asked after the reading.

DURING READING: For the silent reader offer to provide help if asked. For the one reading aloud, supply troublesome words promptly to keep the reading fluent. If you read aloud, model fluent oral reading.

AFTER READING: Use questions such as the following to check comprehension and stimulate discussion of the article.