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MEA/READING RECOVERY LEVEL 11. FOUNTAS & PINNELL LEVEL G
Book
Title
Genre/
Word
High Frequency Words
Phonic Skills
Word Study
Text Structure Features
No
Text Type
Count
New
Reviewed
New
Reviewed
11A
The Snail Race
Narrative –
223
as do now was
Vowel digraphs –
Adjectives - faster
Familiar content with moderate picture
fantasy animals
what will
snail mailbox rain
•contractions – let’s don’t
support
•vowel diphthongs – now
11B
Outside Games
Procedural Recount
230
boy girl
black jump one
Vowel diphthongs
Three-letter blends –
Compound words – outside
Some specialized vocabulary with
what
(double vowels –
square hopscotch
moderate picture support
whiners) – oy boy
•vowel digraphs – again play
•contents page
•consonant+le -
keep throws
•sub headings
circle marble middle
•vowel diphthongs – out
•numbered text and pictures
outside
•index
11C
The Queen’s New Seat
Narrative –
230
new
over put there
Vowel digraphs – seat
Antonyms - new old here there
Familiar content with moderate picture
fantasy
want
queen tree
•contractions – don’t
support
•vowel diphthongs –
•possessives – queen’s
flowers
•open vowels - so
11D
Geena’s Project
Explanation
212
but how
do new put what
Vowel digraphs – Geena
Antonyms - old new
Some specialized vocabulary with
will with your
•vowel diphthongs – how
•contractions - it’s I’m that’s I’ll
moderate picture support
•open vowels – dry
•sequential order
double o - school
•numbered sequence
•index
11E
Joe’s Letter
Literary Recount –
219
from good love
did how new put
Silent letter – w write
Y ending – library
Days of the week
Familiar content with moderate picture
realistic fiction
school today
was
wrote
•vowel digraphs – Monday
•antonyms – first last fast slow
support
day Tuesday stay
•letter format
Wednesday Thursday
Friday boats coat goat slow
show
•vowel diphthongs – how
•double o - school
11F
When I Looked Out of My
Literary Recount –
215
had of their then
R-controlled vowels -
Vowel digraphs – sleeping
Irregular plurals - scarf scarves
Familiar content with moderate picture
Window
realistic fiction
was when with
ar scarves scarf Shar
coats window
support
Cara Karl
•vowel diphthongs – out
•double o - school
11G
Big Cats Little Cats
Information Report
210
but live their
R-controlled vowels –
Y ending -carry
Antonyms - big little long short
Specialized vocabulary with moderate
what with
er tiger whiskers
•vowel digraphs – tails
•adjectives – short big little fast
picture support
owner water after
eat meat clean teeth feet
fastest pet wild four two long
•contents page
mother her
tree cheetah feed sleep
•irregular plurals – mouse mice
•sub headings
•r-controlled vowels –
deer people owner
•labelled pictures
ir birds
•vowel diphthongs – mouse
•captions
•r- controlled vowels –
pounce
•index
or short
•double o – zoo
•r-controlled vowels –
•consonant+le - little
ur fur
11H
Carlos’s Big Yawn
Literary Recount –
228
then
was
Three-letter blends –
Suffixes - yawned yawning
Familiar content with moderate picture
humour
street
•contractions - that’s
support
•vowel digraphs – teacher
feel sheep people
•vowel diphthongs – cow
town
•double o - too school soon
•r-controlled vowels – Carlos
started driver farmer
teacher work doctor more