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Sunflower, The
6-pack
ISBN: 9780478123708
Grade Level:
K
Reading Level:
C
Strategy/Skill:
Making predictions, Phonemic awareness, Vocabulary and word study
Genre:
Explanation
Theme/Topic:
Change over Time, Plants
Classification:
Nonfiction
Fluency:
Emergent
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Book Summary
The daily cycle of a sunflower is captured in photographs.
Features of the Book
- Bold, easy to read text.
- Sentences spread over 2 pages.
- Predictable text.
- Word changes on alternate pages accompanied by clock changes.
- The words for the time of day – “morning,” “noon,” “afternoon,” and “night.”
- The “ing” word ending – “morning.”
- Consistent use of commas for impact.
- The high-frequency words – “In,” “the,” “it,” “to,” and “At.”
Purpose
The Sunflower can be used in a guided reading setting to introduce the following skills and strategies:
- reading a range of simple, high-frequency words in context
- pointing one-to-one as each word is read
- predicting the story line using illustrations from the book
- introducing and discussing new words contained within the story
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
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