My Garden

This is my garden, I'll plant it with care, Here are the seeds I'll plant in there, The sun will shine, The rain will fall, The seeds will sprout and grow up tall.

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Fluency

Pausing for commas: Students will highlight the commas and practice reading the poem while pausing at the commas (as opposed to stopping at periods). Sequences and visualizing: Students will draw the four stages of growing the garden as outlined in the poem (plant the seeds, sun shine, rainfall, and seeds grow tall). Sprout: Sprout means to begin to grow.

Comprehension

Vocabulary

Phonics

Rhyme: Students will highlight the rhyming words. Highlight care and there in yellow and talk about how these words are spelled differently, but when we say them they sound the same. In pink, highlight fall and tall. Word pattern: Highlight the The _____ will ____ word pattern. See how this happens three times and creates a rhythm when it is read.

Fluency