Word Study Through Shared Reading

Book: Duck for President

Author: Doreen Cronin
Illustrated by: Betsy Lewin
Level: L
Brief Summary: This story is about a duck who wanted to make various changes to the way things were ran. It
begins with him running to be the new farmer of the farm, then him running for governor, and then leads to
him running to become President.

Opportunities to engage in word study through shared reading: Focusing the students on what the duck is
trying to be president of which is the farm. He is trying to take over the farm from the farmer.

Type of Word Study Focus More Specific Focus Example Words

Sight words from the Fry Sight Word

Sight Words Today, hard, door, gave
list.

Phonics Rule Controlled R, “Bossy R” Farm, farmer, hard

Phonograms
The double E “ee” makes out the
(word families or Sweep, Sheep, Keep
sound of the letter “E” in a word.
“glued sounds”)

Type of Affix
Words with suffixes that end with
(prefix , suffix or inflectional Harder, farmer, voter
“er”.
ending)

Different types of vocabulary that the

students should be focusing on in this
Farmer, Duck, Vote, President,
Vocabulary story is the words that show up most
Farm, Animals, chores, election
frequently and have an impact on the
story.

Word Study Activities

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