Gardener, The 6-pack Author: Dot Meharry ISBN: 9780790321295 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: K Reading Level: D Strategy/Skill: Drawing conclusions, Making predictions Genre: General Narrative Theme/Topic: Environment Classification: Fiction Fluency: Emergent

Overview

This humorous narrative portrays a gardener’s delight in expressing his creativity. The students will enjoy making predictions from the intriguing illustrations.

Suggested Purposes

This book supports the comprehension strategies of making and confirming predictions and drawing conclusions. The repetitive sentence structure provides strong support for students who lack confidence in their reading.

Text Features (Focus on only one or two per session.)

•  the high-frequency words – a, and, are, he, is, my, said, the
•  the initial consonant blends – cl, fr, sm, tr
•  the digraphs -ph – elephant; -th – the, this
•  the different endings for the word “clip” – clippers, clipped
•  the adverb “too”
•  the use of direct speech to begin and end the story
•  the clear beginning, middle, and end
•  the use of repetition
•  the question mark on page 2
•  the humorous, exaggerated illustrations

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