Main Body
Val’s Garden
Learning Goals
In this chapter, you will learn to:
- Print the alphabet in order using lower case letters
- Read and write words with the endings -s, -ing, and -ed
- Copy short sentences
- Read common sight words in a paragraph
- Answer questions about a story
- Complete sentences by adding a missing word
- Use an upper case letter to begin a person’s name
Talk About It
- Do you like to get to know the people who live near you? Why or why not?
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Use the pictures to help you figure out the words. |
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| new | city | vegetables |
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| woman | sidewalk | carrots |
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| tomatoes | beans | peas |
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| talk | family | door |
Practice reading these words without the pictures. |
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| sidewalk | peas | carrots | family |
| door | city | woman | vegetables |
| talk | beans | new | tomatoes |
Word Skills
Word Patterns
Words can have endings. Some common word endings are –s, –ing, and –ed.
| –s | –ing | –ed | |
| look | looks | looking | looked |
| pull | pulls | pulling | pulled |
| talk | talks | talking | talked |
1. Fill in this chart.
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Word Patterns
| The word ending –s can show there is more than one of something. | |
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| carrot | carrots |
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| bean | beans |
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| pea | peas |
How many do you see? |
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egg or eggs? |
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rock or rocks? |
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bug or bugs? |
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pen or pens? |
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tree or trees? |
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rat or rats? |
Read the sentences. Then copy them. Use upper case letters, periods, and question marks correctly. |
| The dog naps with the cats. |
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| This log has bugs on it. |
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| Tim jogs a lot. |
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| The kids got on the bus. |
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| Can you get the red cups? |
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Use Your Reading Skills
Listen to Val’s Garden. Then read Val’s Garden in BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English – Reader 1.
Check Your Understanding
| garden | family | new | vegetables |
| box | passes on | Val | sidewalk |
Fill in the blanks with the right word or words.
1. I am _______________ to the city.
2. A woman named _______________ lives next door.
3. She grows a vegetable garden by the _______________.
4. She gives me a _______________ of vegetables.
5. She _______________.
6. I take care of her _______________.
7. A _______________ moves next door.
8. I give them a box of _______________ from Val’s garden.
Writing
Grammar Rule
You can use words from a question to make your own sentence.
| Question: | Who has a garden? |
| Answer: | Val has a garden. |
| Question: | What vegetables are in Val’s garden? |
| Answer: | Carrots, tomatoes, beans, and peas are in Val’s garden. |
| Question: | Who moves next door when Val passes on? |
| Answer: | A family moves next door when Val passes on. |
| Question: | What is given to the family next door? |
| Answer: | A box of vegetables is given to the family next door. |
Answer the questions. Use the underlined words to form your answer.
1. Who talks to plants?
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2. What gets dry after Val passes on?
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3. What looks sad after Val passes on?
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4. Write all the letters of the alphabet in order. Use lower case letters.
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Writing Task
Think of a time when a neighbour was nice to you, or a time when you were nice to a neighbour. Tell the story to your instructor. Your instructor will write down what you say. Then copy the story into your notebook.
When you are done, read your story.
- Did you begin each sentence with an upper case letter?
- Did you use an upper case letter at the beginning of a person’s name?
- Did you end each sentence with a period or question mark?
- Are you missing any words?
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| 1 | new | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Val | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | sidewalk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | box | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | passes on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | garden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | vegetables | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Val talks to plants. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | The dirt gets dry after Val passes on. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | The plants looks sad after Val passes on. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
