The Tree
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What's Inside
Children read aloud about trees and think about what things can be found in one. The book gives practice with rereading, fluency, and checking that a word makes sense in the sentence.
Use this book in circle time for shared reading or in a small group for guided practice. It fits well when you want students to work on accuracy, expression, and decoding unfamiliar words.
It also supports children who are ready to read a leveled book on their own and monitor their understanding as they go.
Teaching & Discussion Guide
Use this guide to turn The Tree into a mini reading lesson at home or in the classroom.
Concepts & skills practiced
- Reading about trees
- Rereading for accuracy and fluency
- Self-correcting while reading
- Using sentence meaning and visual clues
- Decoding words with rimes and chunks
- Reading independently at Level G
Discussion Questions
- 1 The title asks, What things do you find in a tree? Before we read, what do you already think might be found in a tree?
- 2 As we read, can you listen for words that help us think about the parts or features of a tree?
- 3 The page copy says to read this book over and over again. How does rereading help us read more smoothly and with more confidence?
- 4 If a word does not make sense as we read, what can we do to figure it out using the sentence and the word parts?
- 5 What do you notice about how a fluent reader uses expression when reading about a tree?
- 6 After reading, what new words or ideas did you learn about trees from this book?
Words to Learn
- tree
- A tree is a tall plant with a trunk, branches, and leaves.
- fluency
- Fluency means reading smoothly and with good expression.
- accuracy
- Accuracy means reading words correctly.
- reread
- To reread means to read a text again.
- self-correct
- To self-correct means to fix a mistake while reading.
- meaning
- Meaning is what makes sense in the story or sentence.
- sentence
- A sentence is a group of words that tells a complete idea.
- rime
- A rime is the part of a word that comes after the first sound.
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