In My Garden

What is hiding in my garden?Reading Skills

• Carrying ideas from one page to the next
• Seeing and using the pattern of the text to help read
• Checking, using a variety of reading cues

Decoding Skills

• High Frequency Words: in, my, there, is, a, and, by, the, on
• Initial Blends: “pl” – plant;”fl” – flower;”bl” – black
• Print Conventions: Upper and lower case “Aa”
• Reading from left to right and sweeping back to the start of the next line.
• Using the ellipse (¦) as a tool for extending a sentence to add interest and suspense
• The illustrator creates the pictures for the writing – their name is found on the cover and title page of the book.

Content Connections

• Parts of a plant
• Living things found in the garden
• Colours
• Positional language

Content Words:garden, path, fence, plant, leaf, flower, yellow, white, green, brown, pink, black in, by, on, underWord Count: 62 words (including title)Reading Level: Early Level 4 (Red)