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Characteristics of the Text Genre • Fantasy

Text Structure • Third-person narrative • Chronological organization with sequence cues then, soon

Content • Steps in plant growth• Needs of a growing plant • Characteristics of pumpkin plant

Themes and Ideas • A small seed can produce a large fruit.• A plant needs soil, sunlight, and water to grow.

Language and Literary Features

• Simple narrative• Repeated words: grew and grew, looked and looked• Rhythmical repetition of sentence pattern (Example: The sun came out to warm the

ground. The rain came down to make the ground wet.)Sentence Complexity • Most sentences of nine words or fewer

• Long sentence: Soon the plant was a very long vine with big yellow fl owers.• Repeated sentence: Sid waited and watched.• Exclamation: What a surprise!

Vocabulary • Possibly challenging words: smooth, sprout, vine, pumpkinWords • One- and two-syllable words with varied spelling and syllable patterns

• Words with ending -ed: wanted, waited, watched, looked Illustrations • Illustrations, some with labels, support text.

Book and Print Features • Illustration above text on each of nine pages• Each sentence begins on a new line.• Some two-line sentences; one three-line sentence

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L E S S O N 2 1 T E A C H E R ’ S G U I D E

A Seed for Sidby Jenna Walton

Fountas-Pinnell Level EFantasySelection SummarySid, a squirrel, fi nds and plants a seed that grows from a sprout to a long vine as he waits and watches. The plant is too big to be a bean plant and too small to be an apple tree. Sid learns with surprise that his small seed has become a big pumpkin.

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Words to Know

A Seed for Sid by Jenna Walton

Build BackgroundRead the title to children, and tell them that Sid is a squirrel. Have them use the cover illustration to tell how they know that Sid isn’t a real-life squirrel. Ask for ideas about what Sid might do with a seed. Anticipate the text with questions like these: What happens to a seed that is put in the ground? What does a seed need to grow into a plant?

Introduce the TextGuide children through the text, noting important ideas and helping with unfamiliar language and vocabulary so that they can read the text successfully. Point out repeated sentence patterns. Here are some suggestions:

: Tell children that in this story Sid the squirrel plants a seed. You will see that Sid waited and watched for his seed to grow.Suggested language: Turn to page 2. Here is Sid and the seed he found. The last sentence reads: Sid wanted the seed to grow. Say grow. What letter do you expect to see fi rst in the word grow? Find the word grow and put your fi nger under it. What should Sid do to make the seed grow?

Page 3: Explain that the pictures in the book have labels to name things. Point out the labels for dirt and hole. Turn to page 3. What did Sid do here? Sid put the seed in the hole. What must Sid put on top of the seed? Why?

Page 4: Now turn to page 4. Now what did Sid do? Sid waited and watched. What did Sid watch? Say watched. Watched begins with w. Find watched, put your fi nger under it, and say it.

Page 5: What is happening in this picture? How can you tell? Will this help Sid’s seed?

Now go back to the beginning of the story and read to fi nd out what happens to the seed that Sid planted.

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ReadAs children read, observe them carefully. Guide them as needed, using language that supports their problem solving ability.

Respond to the TextPersonal ResponseInvite children to share their personal responses to the story. Begin by asking what they liked best about the story, or what they found interesting.Suggested language: When did you know that Sid’s plant was a pumpkin?

Ways of ThinkingAs you discuss the text, make sure children understand these teaching points:

Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text

• Sid fi nds a seed and plants it.

• The seed grows into a large vine with fl owers.

• Sid is surprised to see that his seed grew into a big pumpkin.

• Plants need soil, sunlight, and water to grow.

• It could be interesting to plant a mystery seed and see what it turns into.

• A real squirrel buries seeds, but doesn’t try to grow a plant.

• The writer makes the story funny by having a squirrel dress and act like a person who is gardening.

• The story and pictures show how a plant grows.

• The writer repeats the words waited and watched to show that it takes a long time for a plant to grow.

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Choices for SupportFluencyInvite children to prepare to read pages 4 and 5 aloud. Remind them to group words that belong together. Suggest that they try to use their “storyteller” voice to make the sentences sound interesting.

Phonemic Awareness and Word WorkProvide practice as needed with words and sounds, using one of the following activities:

• Vowel Sounds Tell children to listen as you say two words. If the words have the same vowel sound in the middle, they should raise their hands. Word pairs to use from A Seed for Sid: bean/seed; sun/plant; ground/sprout; rain/make; Sid/wet.

• Ending -ed Display these words from A Seed for Sid: wanted, waited, watched, looked.Have children name the base word in each. Then list these story words, and have children add the ending -ed to each and say the longer word: rain, sprout, plant.



Writing About ReadingCritical ThinkingRead the directions for children on BLM 21.7 and guide them in answering the questions.

RespondingRead aloud the questions at the back of the book and help children complete the activities.

Target Comprehension SkillStory Structure

Target Comprehension Skill Tell children that they can think about a story by

answering the questions Who? Where? and What happens? Model how to think about story structure:

Think Aloud

Who is the story about? The character is Sid the squirrel. Where does the story take place? The setting is a garden. What happens? Sid fi nds a seed and plants it. Over time, it grows into a big pumpkin.

Practice the SkillHave children answer the questions Who? and Where? and What happens? about another story they know.

Writing PromptRead aloud the following prompt. Have children draw and write their response, using the writing prompt on page 6.

Sid grew a pumpkin. What do you think will happen next? Draw a picture to show what Sid will do with his pumpkin.

Write about Sid’s pumpkin.



Read directions to children.

Think About ItWrite an answer to the question. Responses may vary.

1. Why does Sid wait to find out which kind of seed he has?

Sid finds the seed, so he has to plant it

and wait until it grows to find out which

plant it is.Making Connections Think about another story

about a seed that is a surprise. Write some

sentences about the seed.

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English Language LearnersFront-Load Vocabulary Use the illustrations and context sentences to help children understand the past-tense irregular verbs used in the story: found, dug, came, grew.

Oral Language DevelopmentCheck the children’s comprehension, using a dialogue that best matches their English profi ciency level. Speaker 1 is the teacher, Speaker 2 is the child.

Beginning/ Early Intermediate Intermediate Early Advanced/ Advanced

Speaker 1: What is in Sid’s hands on page 2?

Speaker 2: a seed

Speaker 1: What grew from the seed?

Speaker 2: a pumpkin

Speaker 1: What did Sid do with the pumpkin ?

Speaker 2: He sat on it.

Speaker 1: What did Sid do fi rst with the seed?

Speaker 2: He put it in a hole in the ground.

Speaker 1: What helped the plant grow?

Speaker 2: sun and rain

Speaker 1: Why was Sid surprised at the end of the story?

Speaker 2: He planted a seed, but he didn’t know where it came from. It grew into a very long vine with yellow fl owers, but he had never seen that plant before. He was surprised because he didn’t expect to see a pumpkin.



Name Date

A Seed for SidSid grew a pumpkin. What do you think will happen next? Draw a picture to show what Sid will do with his pumpkin.

Write about Sid’s pumpkin.


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Think About ItWrite an answer to the question.

1. Why does Sid wait to find out which kind of seed he has?

Making Connections Think about another story

about a seed that is a surprise. Write some

sentences about the seed.

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A Seed for Sid • LEVEL E

Behavior Code Error

Read word correctly ✓cat 0

Repeated word, sentence, or phrase

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0

Omission —cat 1

Behavior Code Error

Substitution cutcat 1

Self-corrects cut sccat 0

Insertion the

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Word told Tcat 1

page Selection Text Errors Self-Corrections

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Sid found a seed.

The seed was hard

and smooth.

Sid wanted the

seed to grow.

Sid dug a hole.

He put the seed

in the hole.

Then he put dirt

on top of the seed.

Sid waited and watched.

The sun came out

to warm the ground.

Comments: Accuracy Rate (# words read

correctly/48 × 100)

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Self-Correction Rate

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