Primary Guided Reading Lesson Plan
Title: City Mouse-Country Mouse Genre:
Pictures by John Wallner
Fable
ISBN 0-590-41155-1
Literacy Standard: Standard 7 Objective 2
Standard 4 Objective 2e
Content Standard: Standard 2 Objective 2
Text Structure:
Narrative
Enduring Understanding: (Purpose for reading)
Essential Questions:
There are differences and similarities between the
country and the city.
What is the difference between the city and the
country?
How are the city and the country similar?
Informational
Level:
L
Language Objective:
Use syllable patterns
Understand, Interpret, and analyze narrative and
informational grade level text.
Before Reading
Vocabulary: Introduce the words and have the
Phonics/Mechanics:
students fill out the vocabulary chart.
1, 2 and 3 syllable words.
Activate/Build Prior Knowledge:
Use each of the children’s names in the group to
introduce syllables. Count how many syllables are in
each child’s name.
Have you ever visited the country? Have you
ever visited the city? What was fun about both of
your visits? What didn’t you like?”
Have the syllable sort cards copied and cut. Give a
set of cards to pairs of students. Have them sort the
cards into numbers of syllables.
City, country, fine, grand
Comprehension Strategy:
Text Structure-Compare and Contrast
During Reading
Using appropriate Guided reading strategies, students will be reading at their own pace and teachers will
be listening to students read, monitoring, giving feedback, taking anecdotal notes and running records.
Students will mumble read the text. Teacher taps in to hear individual students read. Take
anecdotal/running record notes.
Suggested Pacing:
Day One: Do the whole lesson plan
Day Two: Read other stories in the book and have students make Venn Diagrams comparing books
Attend to Comprehension Within, Beyond, & About the text:
After Reading
What did City Mouse like about his visit to the country? What did City Mouse not like about his visit to
the Country? What did Country Mouse like about his visit to the city? What did Country Mouse not like
about his visit to the city? What did the mice learn from their visits?
Go back to the story and use the pictures clues to see more similarities between the city and country.
Do the City Mouse Country Mouse Venn Diagram.
Attend to Comprehension Within, Beyond, & About the text:
Content Core Integration:(Science, Soc. St., Math, etc.) Social Studies
Assessment:
Activities:
Check to see if students understand the vocabulary Students do the City Mouse Country Mouse Venn
words based on their responses on their vocabulary Diagram
chart.
Students complete a Venn Diagram comparing two
See if students can properly sort the syllable
mouse stories.
words.
Students write their own version of City Mouse and
Listen to student responses to see if they are
Country Mouse
appropriate for the material.
Check the Venn Diagram to see if students have
done it correctly.
*Not all activities will be done in each lesson. Some lessons may take multiple days to complete.
However, all students should be reading each time you meet.