Transcript Slide 1

Cyberlesson: by Valerie Curley
Introduction
 Do you have a garden in your backyard?
 What are some of the things you need to do to take
care of it?
 What kinds of plants or flowers are growing in your
garden?
 Have you ever planted a seed and not known what
plant would grow?
 Click on the flower above to fill out a survey about
gardening.
 In this story, you will read about three
children who are planting some seeds in
their surprise garden. Read to find out
what these gardeners will grow. Be ready
to share with the class some of the plants
that were grown and at least one fact
about each plant.
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Look at the cover, read the title and read only the
text on page 1. Make a prediction about what the
children will grow in their surprise garden. Click
on the picture to the right to record your
prediction.
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Here are some important vocabulary words for
you to know in the story: seeds, root, stem,
leaves, and flower. Click on the picture to the
right to learn more about these words.
 You just wrote down your prediction for The
Surprise Garden. While you read this story, I
want you to use a sticky note to mark the pages
where you either:
a.) changed your prediction
b.) found evidence to support your prediction
c.) confirmed your prediction
Click on the picture of the sticky note to record
your changes on your prediction sheet.
 With a partner, revisit your prediction and
discuss whether your prediction came
true. If it did not, discuss what was
different.
 To list names of the plants grown in the
surprise garden and to write 1 fact about the
plant click on the picture below.
 Be ready to share one with the class!
 Click on the pictures to visit a
website to learn more about
plants. Have fun!
 Then, using KidPix create your own
vegetable. Be sure to include and label the
four main parts- seed, root, stem, leaves.
 In your picture, list three things your plant
will need in order to grow.
Activity
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Prediction sheet- DRTA: Students make a
prediction based on
title and cover page
and provided evidence
for it.
The prediction is
accurate and written in
a complete sentence
with no more than 2
mistakes. There are 2
or more pieces of
evidence to support
the prediction.
The prediction is
accurate and written in
a complete sentence,
with no more than 3-5
mistakes with spelling
or mechanics. There
is at least 1 accurate
piece of evidence to
support the prediction.
The prediction is
somewhat accurate.
The written response
is incomplete and the
evidence to support
the prediction is
inaccurate.
Kidpix: Students
created their own
vegetable and
provided appropriate
labels.
The Kidpix design has
a drawing of a
vegetable with all 4
parts labeled correctly
and lists 3 things a
plants needs to grow.
The Kidpix design has
a drawing of a
vegetable with 3 out of
the 4 parts labeled
correctly and lists at
least 2 things a plant
needs to grow.
The Kidpix design has
a drawing of a
vegetable with 2 out of
the 4 parts labeled
correctly and lists only
1 thing a plant needs
to grow.
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Text,The Surprise Garden by Zoe Hall
Directed Reading-Thinking Activity Sheet
After reading recording sheet
Computers with internet access
Pencil
Kidpix computer program
Websites:
www.valentine.gr/ clipartindex.htm
http://www.webinstituteforteachers.org/~agrosenheider/myparts.htm
www.clipart-free.com/ Garden_clipart.shtml
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/
survey/survey.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/06_act.shtml
http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/plant/index.html
www.amazon.com