The Gardener

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Book meta-data

Reading Box: Yellow (Levels 6-8)
Year: One
Fiction/Nonfiction: Fiction
Theme/Topic: Environment
Genre: General narrative
Strategy/Skills: Making predictions, Drawing conclusions, Monitoring for meaning
Page Count: 12
Reading Level: 6
Item Code: 200020
High Frequency Words: a, and, are, he, is, my, said, the
Curriculum Codes: ACELA1435, ACELA1434, ACELA1786, ACELA1437, ACELA1817, ACELA1818, ACELT1575, ACELT1578, ACELT1785, ACELY1649, ACELY1650, ACELA1453, ACELA1821, ACELT1582, ACELT1584, ACELY1659, ACELY1660

Reader Description

The gardener loves to use his clippers. He clips and clips, and he makes all kinds of animal shapes. The bush gets smaller and smaller. What animal can he make?

After you have completed the Reader

What letters are at the end of the word "clipped"? Add the same letters to "look". What other words end in "ed"? Make a list of "ed" words that you know.

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