
Growing Up Green
Realistic (fiction),
2,348 words,
Level U (Grade 4)
Growing Up Green tells the story of a young girl, Samantha, who thinks she is going to get away from her family’s “green” rules about recycling and conservation by spending the summer with her grandmother. During her time with her grandmother, however, Samantha learns not only to conserve, recycle, and reuse, but also to take care of the environment and be a responsible citizen as well. Who would have thought that grandmother was the “greenest” of them all!
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Lesson Resources
Preteach the Vocabulary
Story Words
compost, contributions, environment, fanatical, hybrid car, mature, nutrients, produce
compost, contributions, environment, fanatical, hybrid car, mature, nutrients, produce
Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand text
Comprehension
Analyze cause and effect
Grammar and Mechanics
Identify and explain the use of possessive nouns
Word Work
Arrange words in alphabetical order to the third letter
Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand text
Comprehension
Analyze cause and effect
Grammar and Mechanics
Identify and explain the use of possessive nouns
Word Work
Arrange words in alphabetical order to the third letter
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class







