Red and Green in Spring

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Before After Level D Word Count 126 100th word Red pg 19 be about Reading Activities Teaching Focus Have students find capital letters and punctuation in a sentence Ask students to explain the purpose for using them in a sentence Before Reading Building Academic Vocabulary and Background Knowledge Before reading a book it is important to set the stage for your child or student by using pre-reading strategies This will help them develop their vocabulary increase their reading comprehension and make connections across the curriculum 1 Read the title and look at the cover Let’s make predictions about what this book will 2 Take a picture walk by talking about the pictures photographs in the book Implant the vocabulary as you take the picture walk Be sure to talk about the text features such as headings Table of Contents glossary bolded words captions charts diagrams or Index 3 Have students read the first page of text with you then have students read the 4 Strategy Talk use to assist students while reading 5 Read it again 6 After reading the book complete the activities below Get your mouth ready Look at the picture Think does it make sense Think does it look right Think does it sound right Chunk it by looking for a part you know and are green is it’s red spring the they’re what High Frequency Words Flip through the book and locate how many times the high frequency words were used remaining text After Reading Comprehension and Extension Activity After reading the book work on the following questions with your child or students in order to check their level of reading comprehension and content mastery 1 What kinds of berries are red Summarize 2 Why are raincoats worn in the spring Asking questions 3 What is your favorite activity to do in the spring Text to self connection 4 Why is spring a fresh start for nature Inferring Extension Activity Watch a plant grow Spring brings sun and rain which makes plants grow You can watch a plant grow from your window You need a plastic sandwich bag a paper towel a bean seed and masking tape With the help of an adult get the paper towel wet and fold it twice to fit inside the plastic sandwich bag Next place one bean seed in between the plastic bag and wet paper towel Seal the bag and tape it to a window that gets a lot of sun Each day use a notebook and record what you see How does the warm sun and water change the seed Draw and label your seed each day