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Guided Reading Manual Sampler
7
Day
Week 4
1
What a Tree Has Seen
Week 4
39
Frontload Vocabulary
Point to the word
indigo
and have a volunteer read it aloud for the class to
repeat. Explain:
Indigo is a plant used to dye fabric a very deep purple. Indigo is
also a color.
Explain that since ancient times, plants were used to dye fabric.
Indigo was a very popular plant to use and growing indigo was a money-
making crop in some parts of the world.
Point to the word
Yamacraw
and have a volunteer read it aloud for the class
to repeat. Explain:
The Yamacraw is a Native American group from what is now
Georgia.
Point to the word
Savannah
and have students read it aloud.
Tell students:
Savannah is a city in Georgia. This city is very historic and played an
important role throughout Georgia’s history. It was very important before and during
the Civil War.
Repeat the procedure with the remaining key words. You may also
ask volunteers to explain the words they already know.
Activate Prior Knowledge
Explain:
This war was fought in the United States during the 1860’s between the
North, called the Union, and the South, called the Confederacy.
Ask students what
they know about the Civil War Encourage students to talk about any books or
movies they may have seen about the Civil War or any visits to Civil War sites
they may have taken. Show photos of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S.
Grant, Civil War-era homes and soldiers. Encourage students to talk about what
they know about the images.
Predicting
Show students the cover and title page of
What a Tree Has Seen.
You may
want to flip through a few pages. Ask:
What do you think the book is about?
Write students’ predictions on the board to refer to once they have finished
reading the story. Tell students they will review their predictions once they
finish reading.
Write the Words to Learn
on the board:
4
Civil War
4
indigo
4
majestic
4
merchants
4
oak
4
Savannah
4
throughout
4
the Union
4
Yamacraw
Class Prep