Leaves, Fruits, Seeds, and Roots 6-pack Author: Jane Buxton ISBN: 9780478122114 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: K Reading Level: C Strategy/Skill: Comprehension strategies, Information skills, Phonics Genre: Report Theme/Topic: Food, Health, Life Science, Plants Classification: Nonfiction Fluency: Emergent

Book Summary

The detailed illustrations in this book show a grandfather and his granddaughter working in a vegetable garden. Each spread focuses on one of the four words in the title.

Features of the Book

• One word change per spread until page 9.
• The rhyme – “fruits” and “roots.”
• The blends – “pl” and “fr.”
• The double vowels – “oo” and “ee.”
• The high-frequency word “A.”
• Clear, bold text, consistently placed.
• Colorful, double-paged illustrations.

Purpose

Leaves, Fruits, Seeds, and Roots can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce the following skills and strategies:

• recognizing the relationship between letters and their sounds
• responding to simple questions about the story’s content
• collecting information relating to the story to share with others

For more information please see our Lesson Plan