

The Hard Frost
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The Hard Frost
The Hard Frost
The Hard Frost
The Hard Frost
The Hard Frost
Realistic (fiction), 161 words, Spanish Level H (Grade 1), Lexile 480L
How do you care for things you love? Ava loves her flowers, and she cares for them in different ways. The Hard Frost teaches students how one vigilant girl tends to her plants as the seasons come and go. The book can also be used to teach students how to make inferences and draw conclusions as well as to use past-tense verbs. The colorful illustrations and repetitive text support early readers.
Lesson Resources
Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Make, revise, and confirm predictions to understand text
Comprehension
Make Inferences/Draw Conclusions : Make inferences and draw conclusions using clues found in the text
Grammar and Mechanics
Past-Tense Verbs : Recognize and use past-tense verbs
Word Work
Content Vocabulary : Identify and use content vocabulary
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class