LESSON 24 TEACHER’S GUIDE
The Lion
by Aksel James
Fountas-Pinnell Level B
Nonfiction
Selection Summary
A lion is shown eating, drinking, running, playing, and sleeping.
Number of Words: 22
Characteristics of the Text
Genre
Text Structure
Content
Themes and Ideas
Language and
Literary Features
Sentence Complexity
Vocabulary
Words
Illustrations
Book and Print Features
• Nonfiction
• Information is presented by a third-person narrator.
• Focused on a single topic
• Behavior of a lion
• Graphic photographs of lions in nature
• Lions do many things in the wild to survive.
• Meaning provided through integration of photos with text.
• One exclamation for emphasis
• Repetitive sentence pattern:The lion /He can ____.
• Simple sentence structure with three or four words
• Action words for a lion’s activities: eat, drink, run, play, sleep
• Highlighted high-frequency words: he, no
• Photographs closely linked to text on all pages.
• Five pages of text; photograph on each page
• One line of text on first four pages; three lines on final page
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The Lion
by Askel James
Build Background
Help children use their knowledge of lions. Build interest by asking questions such as the
following: Have you ever seen a lion in a zoo or on TV? Where was the lion? What was it
doing? Read the title and talk about the cover photograph. Tell children that this book will
give information about a lion that lives in nature.
Introduce the Text
Guide children through the text, helping with unfamiliar words so they can read the text
successfully. Here are some suggestions:
Page 2: Explain that children will read about different things the lion can do.
Suggested language: Turn to page 2. What is the lion doing? The author says: The
lion can eat. Where is the lion? How can you tell the lion in this book is a real lion?
This lion lives in the wild.
Page 3: Turn to page 3. What does this photo show that the lion can do? The
sentence says: He can drink. Say He. The word He is a short word that begins with
the letter H. It begins with an uppercase H because it is at the beginning of the
sentence.
Page 5: What does this photo show that the lion can do? He can play with the baby
lion. You can tell the baby lion feels safe on the big lion’s back!
Page 6: What is the lion doing in this photo? Yes, he can sleep. What do you think
would happen if I woke up the lion? The last two lines say: Can I wake him up? No!
Say the word No. Now find it on the page.
Now turn back to the beginning of the book and read about all the things the lion
can do.
Words to Know
Have children turn to the Words to Know at the back of the book. Read each word aloud and
then together. Explain any unknown words. Tell children to look for these words as they read.
Words to Know
he
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Read
Now have children read The Lion softly while pointing under each word. Observe children
as they read.
Respond to the Text
Personal Response
Ask children to share their personal responses to the book. Begin by asking what they
liked best about the book, or what they found interesting.
Suggested language: What did you learn about a lion that you didn’t know before?
Ways of Thinking
As you discuss the text, make sure children understand these teaching points:
Thinking Within the Text
Thinking Beyond the Text
Thinking About the Text
• A lion can eat, drink, run, play,
and sleep.
• Lions need do many things to
live in the wild.
• The photos show what a lion
can do.
• Lions are very beautiful, strong
animals.
• The last page makes the lion
look like a pet cat.
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Choices for Support
Concepts of Print
Help children hear and identify long (eat, play, sleep) and short (can, drink, run) vowel
sounds in words and the letters that represent them.
Phonemic Awareness and Word Work
Provide practice as needed with words and sounds, using one of the following activities:
• Listening Game Have children listen for words that begin with the same sound. Have
children raise their hands if the words begin with the same sound, and keep their
hands in their laps if the beginning sound is different. Say pairs of words, emphasizing
the beginning consonant sound, for example: lion and can; lion and like; run and roll,
run and play, sleep and sun, sleep and drink.
• Tracing Letters Materials: magnetic or cardboard letters or letter cards. Have children
choose a letter, say the name, and trace the letter.
• Build Words Have children make more words that have the same vowel sound as
play (day, clay, hay, lay, may, pay, say, stay, tray, way). Write the words in a list on the
board or on a large sheet of paper. Read the list aloud together.
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Writing About Reading
Vocabulary Practice
Read the directions and have children complete the Vocabulary questions on BLM 24.1.
Responding
Have children complete the vocabulary activities on page 7.
Building Vocabulary
Action Words
Build on the action words in The Lion.
Suggested language: Let’s think about all the things the lion can do. What else do you
think a lion can do? As children suggest actions, write their words and sentences on the
board or on a large strip of paper. Begin the list with the words: The lion can.
(Possible suggestions: hunt, walk, yawn, scratch, roar, climb)
After children have made their suggestions, read the list aloud together, pointing to each
word. Look at all the things a lion can do!
Writing Prompt
Read aloud the following prompt. Have children draw and write their response, using the
writing prompt on page 6.
Draw a picture of one thing a lion can do to have fun.
Write about what the lion is doing.
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English Language Learners
Front-Load Vocabulary Preview the photos to make sure children understand the
action words they will need in order to talk about what a lion can do.
Oral Language Development
Check the children’s comprehension, using a dialogue that best matches their
English proficiency level. Speaker 1 is the teacher, Speaker 2 is the child.
Beginning/ Early Intermediate
Intermediate
Early Advanced/ Advanced
Speaker 1: Point to the lion eating.
Speaker 1: What does the lion do on the
first page of the book?
Speaker 1: What are some things
a lion can do?
Speaker 2: The lion eats.
Speaker 2: Possible answers: eat,
drink, run, play, and sleep
Speaker 2: [Points to lion eating]
Speaker 1: Point to the lion drinking.
Speaker 2: [Points to lion drinking]
Speaker 1: What does the lion do at the
end?
Speaker 1: What does the last photo in
the book show?
Speaker 2: It shows the lion sleeping.
Speaker 1: Why is it a bad idea to
wake up a lion that is sleeping?
Speaker 2: The lion could get
mad!
Speaker 2: sleeps
Lesson 24
Name
Date
BLACKLINE MASTER 24.1
Words to Know
The Lion
Words to Know
Circle the words he and no
in the sentences.
Words to Know
he
no
1. There is no school today!
2. What will he do?
3. Maybe he will ride his bike.
Write the word that has the /n/ sound.
no
Read directions to children.
Words to Know
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Name
Date
The Lion
Draw a picture of one thing a lion can do
to have fun.
Write about what the lion is doing.
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Lesson 24
Name
Date
Words to Know
BLACKLINE MASTER 24.1
The Lion
Words to Know
Circle the words he and no
in the sentences.
Words to Know
he
no
1. There is no school today!
2. What will he do?
3. Maybe he will ride his bike.
Write the word that has the /n/ sound.
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Student
Lesson 24
Date
BLackline master 24.21
The Lion • level b
page
The Lion
Running Record Form
Selection Text
2
The lion can eat.
3
He can drink.
4
He can run.
5
He can play.
6
He can sleep.
Errors
Self-Corrections
Accuracy Rate
Self-Correction
Rate
Can I wake him up?
No!
Comments:
(# words read
correctly/22 × 100)
(# errors + #
Self-Corrections/
Self-Correction)
%
1:
Read word correctly
Code
✓
cat
Repeated word,
sentence, or phrase
®
Omission
—
cat
cat
Kindergarten
Behavior
Error
0
0
1
8
Substitution
Code
cut
cat
1
Self-corrects
cat
cut sc
0
Insertion
the
1
Word told
T
cat
cat
ˆ
Error
1413571
Behavior
1
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