Big Question: How can gardens
enrich our lives?
Title:
The Gardener
Author:
Sarah Stewart
Illustrator:
David Small
Genre:
Realistic Fiction
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adore
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 encouraging
 preparations
 soup kitchen
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Big Question: How can gardens
enrich our lives?
Monday
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Monday
Question of the Day
How can gardens enrich
our lives?
Today we will learn about:
Build Concepts
 Cause and Effect
 Story Structure
 Build Background
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Expression/Intonation
 Action and Linking Verbs
 Contractions
 Science: Gardens Enriching Lives
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MONDAY
Fluency:
Expression/Intonation
Fluency: Expression/Intonation
 Listen
as I read “Eat Your
Vegetables.”
 As I read, notice how I use my
tone of voice to show expression
and excitement.
 Be ready to answer questions
after I finish.
Fluency: Expression/Intonation
 What
experience made Dusty
want to grow vegetables for
people in need?
 What was one effect of Dusty’s
hard work?
Build Concepts
encouraging, preparations, soup kitchen
Work
Gardens
Enriching
Lives
Helping
Others
Rewards
CAUSE /EFFECT
STORY STRUCTURE
Pages 280-281
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
THINK OF AS MANY THINGS ARE YOU CAN ABOUT
GARDENING.
Gardening
Vocabulary: Word Rating Chart
Word
beauty
blooming
bulbs
doze
humor
recognizing
showers
sprouting
Know
Have Seen Don’t Know
Vocabulary Words
beauty – the quality that
pleases both the mind and the
senses in art or nature
 blooming – having flowers;
opening into flowers
 bulbs – round, underground
parts from which certain
plants grow
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Vocabulary Words
doze – to sleep lightly
 humor – the ability to see or
show the funny side of things
 recognizing – identifying
 showers – rain that lasts only
a short time
 sprouting – producing new
leaves, shoots, or buds;
beginning to grow
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Other Vocabulary Words
adore – to love and admire
someone greatly
 catalogues – lists
 survived – continued to live;
existed
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Other Vocabulary Words
encouraging – trait of giving
someone courage or confidence
 preparations – things done to
get ready
 soup kitchen – a place where
meals are offered free of
charge to people who need them
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blooming
bulbs
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showers
sprouting
catalogues
soup kitchen
MONDAY
Grammar: Action and
Linking Verbs
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wasn’t that a colorfull
garden
Wasn’t that a colorful
garden?
the tullips was red and
yellow
The tulips were red and
yellow.
Grammar:
Action and Linking Verbs
I wrote a long poem for Uncle Jim.
 The secret place is ready for Uncle
Jim.
 The verb in the first sentence is an
action verb, wrote.
 The verb in the second sentence is a
linking verb, is.
 It links the subject to a word in the
predicate.
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Grammar:
Action and Linking Verbs
A
verb is a word that tells what
someone or something is or does.
 Action verbs are words that show
action.
 Linking verbs, such as am, is, are,
was, and were, do not show action.
 They link a subject to a word or
words in the predicate.
Grammar:
Action and Linking Verbs
 Action
Verb:
 Roses grow on bushes in the
garden.
 Linking
Verb:
 Each rose is a different color.
Grammar:
Action and Linking Verbs
Pick out the verbs and tell if it is an action verb or a linking verb.
 We
see many wildflowers on our
trips.
 see, action verb
 Wildflowers bloom along this path.
 bloom, action verb
 My favorites are bluebonnets.
 are, linking verb
Grammar:
Action and Linking Verbs
Pick out the verbs and tell if it is an action verb or a linking verb.
 Queen
Anne’s Lace is a soft white
flower.
 is, linking verb
 My sister loves little yellow
buttercups.
 loves, action verb
Grammar:
Action and Linking Verbs
Pick out the verbs and tell if it is an action verb or a linking verb.
 Wildflowers
wilt on a hot day.
 wilt, action verb
 Once I picked a fairy slipper.
 picked, action verb
 Clover is usually purple.
 is, linking verb
Grammar:
Action and Linking Verbs
Pick out the verbs and tell if it is an action verb or a linking verb.
 Don’t
step on those lilies.
 step, action verb
 Forests are full of violets and
wildflowers.
 are, linking verb
MONDAY
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Tuesday
Question of the Day
Why do you think Lydia
Grace’s grandmother wants
her to finish her homework
before doing anything else?
Today we will learn about:
Word Structure
 Cause and Effect
 Draw Conclusions
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Choral Reading
 Action and Linking Verbs
 Contractions
 Science: Interdependence
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VOCABULARY
STRATEGY FOR
ENDINGS
Pages 282 - 283
THE GARDENER
Pages 284 - 291
TUESDAY
Fluency:
Expression/Intonation
Fluency: Choral Reading
 Turn
to page 288.
 As I read the different parts
of the letter, notice how my
tone changes.
 We will now practice as a class,
doing three choral readings of
page 288.
TUESDAY
Grammar: Action and
Linking Verbs
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the windo boxs is full of
wildflowers
The window boxes are full
of wildflowers.
they’ll bloom in Summer
They’ll bloom in summer.
Grammar:
Action and Linking Verbs
A
verb is a word that tells what
someone or something is or does.
 Action verbs are words that show
action.
 Linking verbs, such as am, is, are,
was, and were, do not show action.
 They link a subject to a word or
words in the predicate.
TUESDAY
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Wednesday
Question of the Day
Why do you think Lydia
Grace wants to make her
uncle smile so badly?
Today we will learn about:
Cause and Effect
 Story structure
 Word Structure
 Vocabulary
 Fluency: Expresion/Intonation
 Action and Linking Verbs
 Contractions
 Science: Ecosystems
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THE GARDENER
Pages 292 - 299
WEDNESDAY
Fluency:
Expression/Intonation
Fluency: Model
 Turn
to page 292.
 As I read, notice how I pause at
commas and how my voice
changes at the exclamation
point.
 We will now practice as a class,
doing three choral readings of
page 292.
WEDNESDAY
Grammar: Action and
Linking Verbs
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There was a rain shouer
last night so i havent
watered the garden today
There was a rain shower
last night, so I haven’t
watered the garden today.
whens the sun comeing out
When’s the sun coming out?
Grammar:
Action and Linking Verbs
 Strong
action verbs make
writing vivid and lively.
 The vine creeps along the
garden wall.
WEDNESDAY
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Thursday
Question of the Day
How can you team up with
other living things (not
human) to help each other
and the environment?
Today we will learn about:
Consonant Digraphs
 How-to Article/Text Feature
 Reading Across Tests
 Content-Area Vocabulary
 Fluency: Partner Reading
 Action and Linking Verbs
 Contractions
 Science: Horticulture
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SCIENCE IN
READING:
WORMS AT
WORK
Pages 300 - 303
THURSDAY
Fluency:
Expression/Intonation
Fluency: Partner Reading
 Turn
to page 292.
 With a partner, practice
reading page 292 aloud three
times.
 Read with proper expression
and intonation.
 Offer each other feedback.
THURSDAY
Grammar: Action and
Linking Verbs
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the smiths’s garden seem
like a jungle
The Smiths’ garden seems
like a jungle.
what wonderfull plants youll
see
What wonderful plants
you’ll see!
Grammar:
Action and Linking Verbs
 Most
linking verbs are forms of
the verb to be (am, is, are, was,
were).
 However, some other verbs can be
linking verbs.
Grammar:
Action and Linking Verbs
 The
word feel can be a linking
verb: I feel happy.
 When feel is used as a linking verb,
follow it with an adjective, not an
adverb.
 No: I feel well. I feel badly.
 Yes: I feel good. I feel bad.
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Friday
Question of the Day
How can gardens enrich
our lives?
Today we will learn about:
Concept Vocabulary
 Cause and Effect
 Steps in a Process
 Word Structure
 Action and Linking Verbs
 Contractions
 Card Catalog/Database
 Science: Gardens Enriching Lives
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Cause and Effect
A
cause tells why something
happened.
 An effect is what happened.
 Words such as because and so
are clues that can help you
figure out a cause and its
effect.
 Sometimes a cause has more
than one effect.
Steps in a Process
 When we make or do
something, we almost always
use steps in a process.
 We use steps in a process
both at school and at home.
 For example, steps are
needed to solve a math
problem and also to set up a
board game.
Steps in a Process
 Clue
words like first, next,
last, then, and begin often
give the order in which the
steps should be done.
 Sometimes the order of
steps is given by using
numbered or lettered lists.
Word Structure
You can use word structure to
determine the meaning of words
with –s endings.
 List unknown words ending with –s
that you encountered as you read
“The Gardener.”
 Create a chart showing the
unknown word, the base word, and
the word’s meaning.
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Context Clues
Word
Base Word
Meaning
Latin Names
 Lydia
Grace taught her new
friend, Emma, the Latin names of
flowers.
 For instance, the Latin name for
violet is viola.
 With a partner, use reference
sources to make lists of flowers
and their Latin names.
FRIDAY
Grammar: Action and
Linking Verbs
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the foxs didnt get into the
garden
The foxes didn’t get into
the garden.
those yelow flours will
bloom in september
Those yellow flowers will
bloom in September.
FRIDAY
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Contractions
didn’t - we’ll
 Which two words form the
first contraction?
 did not
 Which letter does the
apostrophe replace?
 o
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Contractions
When you see a contraction,
stop to figure out which two
words it stands for and what
it means.
 The word we’ll, for example, is
the shortened form of we and
will.
 The apostrophe takes the
place of the letters wi in will.
It sounds like one word.
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Contractions
Tell the two words that make up the contraction.
you’ll
 we’re
 they’ll
 couldn’t
 she’s
 I’m
 they’re
 don’t
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 He’s
my brother.
 I didn’t hear her call
my name.
 I’ll just grab my coat
and then we can go.
Consonant Digraphs
We studied consonant
digraphs, or two- and threeletter consonant combinations
that stand for one sound.
 Read this sentence to
yourself. Raise your hand
when you know which words
have consonant digraphs.
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Consonant Digraphs
What kind of watch does
she have?
 what, watch, she
 What letters make up the
consonant digraphs? What
do they sound like?
 what, watch, she
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Consonant Digraphs
They sang into the
microphone.
 they, the, microphone
 What letters make up the
consonant digraphs? What
do they sound like?
 they, the, microphone
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Consonant Digraphs
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bring
shower
phony
marsh
mother
chatter
machine
ringer
fashion
phase
smoothly
lather
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telephone kept
ringing and ringing.
 What is the
weather like today?
 We dropped our
laundry down the
chute to the
basement.
 We picked enough
cherries to bake
three pies.
Card Catalog/Database
Have you even looked up a
book or a subject in the
library?
 Did you use the card
catalog?
 Did you use the computer
database?
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Card Catalog/Database
 If
you are
researching a
particular subject,
search for a book
using the topic.
 Type in general
words to describe
the subject.
Card Catalog/Database
If you know the
author or book
title you are
looking for, search
by author or title.
 Use the title of
the book or last
name of the
author.
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Card Catalog/Database
 The
call number
tells you where to
look for the book.
 In the Dewey
Decimal system,
nonfiction books are
arranged in
numerical order.
 Fiction books are
arranged
alphabetically by the
author’s last name.
Review Games
Spelling City:
 Spelling
Words
 Vocabulary Words
 Other Vocabulary Words
We are now ready to
take our story tests.
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Story test
◦ Classroom webpage,
◦ Reading Test
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