Scott Foresman Reading Street

The Gardener
Group Time

Leveled Reader Gardening with Grandpa

REINFORCE CONCEPTS This week's concept is gardens enriching
lives. Even city people can get a bit of nature by having a garden.
What kinds of gardens do you know about?

BEFORE READING Using the Picture Walk Routine on p. DI•1,
guide students through the text focusing on key concepts and
vocabulary. Ask questions such as:

p. 6 What are the girls and their grandpa doing? (digging holes and planting in a garden) The garden has brought them together.

p. 8 What are the girls doing? (looking at books to get seeds) These books are called seed catalogs.

Read pp. 3–5 aloud. Then do a choral reading of pp. 6–8. Have students read and discuss the remainder of the book with a partner. Ask: What did Gramps teach Judy and May about gardens? (how to plant bulbs, which flowers to choose, what tools to use)

Preview Decodable Reader 11

BEFORE READING Review the words on Decodable Reader p. 81. Then have students blend these story words: single, scratched, bedside, suggested, robots, crushed, locate, and sunglasses. Be sure students understand the meanings of words such as suggested and locate.

Use the Picture Walk Routine on p. DI•1 to guide students through the text.

Preteach Phonics

CONTRACTIONS A contraction is a shortened form of two words. In a
contraction, an apostrophe takes the place of letters that were dropped. Write
you've. I see that this is a contraction. What two words does this contraction stand
for? (you have) What letters were replaced by the apostrophe? (h and a) I say the
contraction as one word. Model blending you've. Have students blend the word
with you. Repeat this process with isn't.