Book Summary
The book In a Chinese Garden introduces students to the features of a Chinese garden and the Chinese characters that represent some of the objects in it. Repetitive phrases, supportive pictures, and high-frequency words make this book a good choice for emerging readers.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Visualize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand text
• Make inferences
• Discriminate initial consonant sound /w/
• Identify initial consonant Ww
• Recognize nouns
• Identify the meaning of Chinese characters

Materials

• Book -- In a Chinese Garden (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Index cards
• Visualize, initial consonant Ww, foreign vocabulary worksheets

   Indicates an opportunity for student to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reusable.)

Vocabulary

• High-frequency words: and, can, for, from, I'm, it, looks, on, or, see, so, they, too
• Content words: Chinese, garden, glad, mirror, rocks, stand, strong, trees, water