Grow, Vegetables, Grow!

Reading Strategy	Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension	Cause and Effect
Phonological Awareness	Initial Blends
Phonics	Consonant Blends
Grammar and Mechanics	Exclamation Marks
Word Work	Content Vocabulary

Book Summary

This book informs students of names and types of vegetables that can be grown in any garden, including a container garden on a rooftop in a city. The young boy in the story waters his various vegetable plants daily in hopes of creating his own salad.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand text
Identify cause and effect
Discriminate initial consonant blend gr
Identify initial consonant blend gr
Recognize and use exclamation points
Recognize and identify content-specific words

Vocabulary

High-frequency words: a, I, make, the, to, want
Content words: bean(s), carrot(s), cucumber(s), green, grow, onion(s), pea(s), pepper(s), plant(s), salad, tomato(es), vegetable, water

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