About Trees
Informational (nonfiction), 769 words, Level P (Grade 2)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Visualize
Comprehension	Compare and Contrast
Grammar and Mechanics	Contractions
Word Work	Metaphors

Book Summary

About Trees is an informational text that introduces readers to basic concepts about trees, such as their parts, characteristics, and life processes. The two main kinds of trees, deciduous trees and conifers, are described and compared. Photographs support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Visualize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand informational text
• Identify the similarities and differences between deciduous and coniferous trees
• Identify, create, and use contractions within sentences
• Identify, explain, and use metaphors

Vocabulary

• Content words: bark, branches, chlorophyl, conifers, deciduous, flowers, fruit, highways, leaves, nutrients, nuts, pinecone, pine nuts, protect, roots, sap, saplings, seed case, seeds, sprout, traffic, trunk

Book Resources

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