Hockey - Let's Play Sports!
Grade
Preschool - Grade 1Lesson
Skills to Teach
• HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS: a, go, he, is, let’s, no,
on, play, puts, she, stops, the, to, uses, we
• CONTENT WORDS: goal, goalie, guards, hits, hockey,
ice, net, puck, rink, shoots, skate(s), stick
• PUNCTUATION: exclamation points, periods
• WORD STUDY: /k/, spelled ck (hockey, stick); long /e/,
spelled ey (hockey); long /e/, spelled ie (goalie); long
/o/, spelled oa (goal, goalie); /oo/, spelled oo (shoots);
r-controlled vowels (guards); /s/, spelled c (ice)
• TEXT TYPE: factual description
Before Reading Activities
• Read the title and give a simple statement
of the main idea.
• Have students “walk” through the book and
talk about what they see in the pictures.
• Introduce new vocabulary by having students
predict the first letter and locate the word in the text.
• Discuss any unfamiliar concepts that are in the text.
After Reading Activities
Flip back through the book. Ask readers what they notice about what each hockey player is wearing. Explain that safety equipment keeps our bodies safe while we play sports. Why do they think the goalie wears more pads than the other players?
Why do readers think this is important?
Can they think of other sports players
that wear safety equipment?