The Gardener

1. The Gardener Written by: Sarah Stewart Genre: Realistic Fiction Author’s Purpose: Skill: Cause and Effect PowerPoint by: Susan Mumper 3rd grade

2. Home • QOD • Building background • Vocabulary • Daily task 23 • Verbs • Fix – its • CARS • Million $ word • Comprehension Lesson • Vocabulary Lesson • Phonics • Review questions • Vocabulary practice

8. Find the word or words with the same meaning as humor. • amusement • misery • tumor • sock

9. Find the word or words with the same meaning as doze. • awake • phone • toes • sleep

10. Find the word or words with the same meaning as bulbs. • horse • underground plant portion • seed • pillow

11. Find the word or words with the same meaning as blooming. • door • wilt • zooming • blossom

12. Find the word or words with the same meaning as sprouting. • pouting • growing • book • shriveling

13. Find the word or words with the same meaning as showers. • rain • lights • dry • towers

14. Find the word or words with the same meaning as beauty. • snooty • slipper • hideousness • pretty

15. Daily Fix-It Wasnt that a colorful garden. Wasn’t that a colorful garden? The tullips was red and yellow. The tulips were red and yellow. home

16. Daily Fix-It 3. The window boxs is full of wildflowers. The window boxes are full of wildflowers. Theyll bloom in Summer. They’ll bloom in summer. home

17. Daily Fix-It There was a rain shouer last night, so I havent watered the garden today. There was a rain shower last night, so I haven’t watered the garden today. Whens the sun comeing out? When’s the sun coming out? home

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20. Review Pages p.286-289 • Why is Lydia going to live with Uncle Jim in the city? • What are the three important things Lydia tells Uncle Jim? • Who does Uncle Jim look like? • What season does Lydia have to wait for? • Summarize what has happened so far. home

21. Review Pages p.290-297 • What did Lydia get for Christmas? • Emma taught Lydia to do what?Lydia taught Emma to do what? • Lydia is busy in her secret place doing what? • How are Emma and Lydia sprucing up the bakery? • What is Lydia’s new nickname? • What good news did Lydia receive at the end of the story? home

22. Daily task 2 • With your partner read p. 284-291 and answer this question in your journal: Why is Lydia Grace going to live with her Uncle Jim? • With your partner do the spelling CPA. • Independently do RWB p. 103-104 • Independently read a leveled reader and take a test. • Read books from your bag of books and take AR tests. home

23. Daily task 3 • With your partner read p. 292-297 and answer this question in your journal: What effect did Lydia Grace’s visit have on Uncle Jim? Why do you think so? • With your partner do the cause and effect contraption CPA. • Independently do RWB p. 103-104 & spelling CPA • Independently read a leveled reader and take a test. • Read books from your bag of books and take AR tests. home

24. Daily task 4 • With your partner read p. 284-297 and answer the questions on p. 298 in your journal. • With your partner do the vocabulary web CPA. • Independently do cause and effect contraption CPA, RWB p. 103-104 & spelling CPA • Independently read a leveled reader and take a test. • Read books from your bag of books and take AR tests. home

25. Daily task 5 • With your partner read p. 300-303 and answer these 2 questions in your journal: 1. What is a how to article? 2. What happens when you put worms in with food scraps? • With your partner do the Cause and Effect Tree. • Independently do vocabulary web CPA, cause and effect contraption CPA, RWB p. 103-104 & spelling CPA • Independently read a leveled reader and take a test. • Read books from your bag of books and take AR tests. home

26. Contractions didn’t • What is this word? • Which two words form the contraction? • Which letter does the apostrophe replace? • When I see a contraction, I stop to figure out which two words it stands for and what it means. • The word we’ll, for example, is the shortened form of we and will. The apostrophe takes theplace of the letters wi in will. It sounds like one word.

27. Write these words in your journal next to each word write the 2 words that form the contraction. You’ll = you + will home

28. Vocabulary Strategy for Endings Sometimes when you are reading, you may come across a word you don’t know. Look closely at the word. Does it have -s at the end? The ending -s is often addedto a noun to make the word plural, or mean more than one. Try to use the ending to help you figure out the meaning of the word. home

29. Put your finger over the -s ending • Look at the base word. (That’s the word without the ending.) Do you know what the base word means? • Try your meaning in the sentence. Does it make sense? Read “Bulbs to Blooms.” Look for words that have the -s ending, and write them in your journal. home

30. Cause and Effect • A cause tells why something happened. • An effect is what happened. • Words such as because and so are clues that can help you figure out a cause and its effect.

31. Late for School Causes • Overslept Effects • missed assignments Here are 2 sticky notes write down another cause and effect of being late for school. home

32. Good Soil Gardening Sunlight With your partner brainstorm 2 more things about gardening. home

33. Million Dollar words!Tell me what these words mean. • soup kitchen • preparations • encouraging home

34. Question of the Day:How can gardens enrich our lives? home

35. Question of the DayWhy do you think Lydia Grace’s grandmother wants her to finish her homework before doing anything else? home

36. Question of DayWhy do you think Lydia Grace wants to make her uncle smile so badly? home

37. Question of the DayWhat sorts of things could you throw in a compost bin? What sorts of things should you not throw in a compost bin? home

38. Say It! • beauty • blooming • bulbs • doze • humor • recognizing • showers • sprouting

39. More Words to Know adore catalogues survived

40. beautythe quality that pleases both the mind and the senses in art or nature

41. bloominghaving flowers; opening into flowers

42. bulbsround, underground parts from which certain plants grow

43. dozeto sleep lightly

44. humorthe ability to see or show the funny side of things

45. recognizingidentifying

46. showersrain that lasts only a short time

47. sprouting producing new leaves, shoots, or buds; beginning to grow

48. The roses in the garden are blooming.

49. April showers help the new plants grow.

50. The girl was a real beauty in her fancy dress.