A+Seed+Grows

Day 1

 * 1) This book is about how a seed grows. What do you know about how seeds grow? What parts of plants do you know? What comes up first, second, etc?
 * 2) Use the cover and title page to add to what they know / vocabulary.
 * 3) Preview the book, talk about each page. Look at a few vocab words if they have missed them. Have them do most of the previewing.
 * 4) Teach the word "soak"
 * 5) Remind them about stopping as they read to think about what just happened.
 * 6) Go over tricky words strategies.
 * 7) Students read on their own and stop and think at the end of each page.
 * 8) Share tricky words strategies.

Day 2

 * 1) Show the work you are assigning for the next day: putting the steps of how a plant grows in order. Set this as the purpose for reading.
 * 2) Students go and read.
 * 3) Share some tricky words strategies.
 * 4) Comprehension questions:
 * 5) Why did the author write this? What is the main idea?
 * 6) What part of the story is make believe?
 * 7) Turn in the book to find out what happens after the leaves grow.
 * 8) Can a plant grow from another plant?