Watermelon+Day

=//Watermelon Day by Kathi Appelt//=

//__ Vocabulary __//// : beneath, relay race, shimmered, snug, wrinkled, knelt // //__ Strategies __//// : Predictions, Characters, Settings, Events // //__ Phonics/Phonemic Awareness __//// : Consonant Digraphs /n/ gn, kn; /r/ wr //

//__ Genre __//// : Realistic Fiction //

//__ Literacy Centers/Reading Group Activities:[[image:watermelon_pic1.jpg align="right"]] __//
// 1. (Science): Foods we eat can be described as four main ways: sour, sweet, bitter, and salty. Provide foods for students to taste and they can categorize under each type of taste (sweet fruit, dark chocolate, pretzels, salty crackers, pickle slices, etc.). Students can then sort the food according to what taste each has and record. // // 2. ( //// Writing //// ): Reread the last page of “Watermelon Day” with students, pointing out how the text is a lot like a poem. Students then select a fruit and then brainstorm what they know about it to create a poem about that fruit. They can draw a template of that fruit and write their final poem inside it! // // 3. ( //// Phonics //// ): Using unifix cubes and letter templates, students create words with the silent letters (kn, gn, wr) by connecting the cubes. Follow up can include a sheet on silent letters. // // 4. ( //// Science/Reading //// ): Using picture cards (laminate for durability), students sequence in order of plant growth. (For higher learners, you can use sentence strips where they have to match the sentence with each card, and then put both in order on a pocket chart). //

//__ [[image:woman_eating_watermelon.jpg align="left"]]Words to Use : __//
gn: gnarl, gnash, gnat, sign, gnu kn: knock, knew, knight, knee, knob, knot wr: wrong, write, wrist, writer, wrap, wren

//__ After Reading Aloud the Story: __//
*Using a watermelon-shaped chart or poster, have students discuss the beginning, middle, and end of the story, writing it on the poster. *Students make connections to events in the story (teacher models).

Silent Invaders Game (silent letters like gn, kn, wr)
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