Devoted to the Soil

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Book meta-data

Reading Box: Turquoise (Levels 17-18)
Year: Two
Fiction/Nonfiction: Non-fiction
Theme/Topic: Discovery, History, Science and technology
Page Count: 8
Word Count: 209
Reading Level:
Item Code: 300678
Sounds: -ed
Phonics Phase: Phase 6 Real World: Spelling -s, -es, -ing, -ed, -ful, -er, -est, -en, -y, -ly
Tricky Words: -ed, -ed: discovered, ended, interested, invented, worked, repeated, planted, needed, developed, devoted, depleted, encouraged, used, studied,

Reader Description

This non-fiction book looks at the history of George Washington Carver as an American scientist and inventor of significance. Features of the Book – Phase 6 - Fluent. Suffixes featured in this book title are: -ed.

After you have completed the Reader

Carver was a "Crop Scientist" who wanted to prove that simple plants could make almost anything. The Activity: Get a bowl of peanuts (in the shell or out) and write a list of things Carver actually made from them: soap, ink, wood stain etc. The Challenge: "Invent" a new use for a peanut. Draw your invention or use recycled materials to build a prototype of a peanut-powered product.

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