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BEFORE READING
Tech Files ONLINE
Students can find out more about gardening by searching the Internet.
Have them use a student-friendly
search engine and the keyword gardening.
ELL
Build Background Use ELL Poster 11 to build background and vocabulary for the lesson concept of how gardens can enrich our lives.
ELL Poster 11
ELL Poster 11
Lesson Vocabulary
WORDS TO KNOW
Tested Word beauty the quality that pleases
both the mind and the senses in
art or nature
Tested Word blooming having flowers;
opening into flowers
Tested Word bulbs round, underground parts
from which certain plants grow
Tested Word doze to sleep lightly
Tested Word humor the ability to see or
show the funny side of things
Tested Word recognizing identifying
Tested Word showers rain that lasts only
a short time
Tested Word sprouting producing new
leaves, shoots, or buds;
beginning to grow
MORE WORDS TO KNOW
adore to love and admire
someone greatly
catalogues lists
survived continued to live; existed
Tested Word = Tested Word
Practice Book
Practice Book 3.1 p. 104
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Build Background
ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
BEGIN A WEB about gardening.
  • Write "Gardening" in the center of the web. Have students work in small groups
    to brainstorm more about gardening. Give them two to three minutes to write as
    many things as they can think of that relate to the topic.
  • Record some of the group's ideas on connecting lines in the web, but leave
    space for additional facts and details from the story.
  • As students read the story, remind them to make notes about facts and details
    to include in the web.
Graphic Organizer 14
BACKGROUND BUILDING AUDIO This week's audio features interviews with
people in the city who explain why they have gardens. After students listen, discuss
what they learned from these gardeners.
Audio CD Background Building Audio
Introduce Vocabulary
WORD RATING CHART
Create word rating charts using the categories Know, Have Seen, and Don't Know.
Read each word to students and have them mark one of the three columns: Know (know
and can use); Have Seen (have seen or heard the word; don't know meaning); Don't
Know (don't know the word).
Activate Prior Knowledge
Have students share where they may have seen some of these words. Point out that some
of this week's words have endings (-s, -es, -ing), and students may learn new definitions for
these words.
Word Structure • Endings
Check charts with students at the end of the week and have them make changes to their
ratings.
Discuss the meanings of the vocabulary words with students. Ask them questions, such
as the following, to help clarify meaning.
  • If there are showers today, do you think I should bring my umbrella?
  • Do you want to doze during boring movies?
  • When is this flower supposed to begin blooming?
Use the Multisyllabic Word Routine on p. DI•1 to help students read multisyllabic words.