Dog and Cat and the Garden
by Tiana Rosen ELL Reader 1.3.4 Animal Fantasy
INTRODUCE THE BOOK RESPOND
Activate Prior Knowledge/Build Answers to the Reader’s Inside Back Cover:
Background Read the title, and ask children
about their experiences with gardens. Ask: What Talk About It
did you see in the garden? Did you see flowers? 1. The story happens in a garden. (Setting)
Did you see any animals? Where was the 2. They can smell mint and tomato. (Plot)
garden? Tell children this book tells about a dog
and a cat planting a garden. Write About It
3. Children should write about one or more
Preview/Use Text Features Preview the foods that they like to eat. Possible response: I
reader by talking about the illustrations together
like to eat carrots. They are orange. They grow
and naming the labeled items.
in the ground.
Preteach Vocabulary Review the high- Support writers at various English proficiency
frequency words that appear in this book: levels.
again, few, and soon. Introduce these Beginning Let children dictate their answers
key words from the book: mint (p. 4) and in the home language. If feasible, have
tomatoes (p. 5). Discuss these words and add children translate their work with the help of
them to a Word Wall. a partner.
Intermediate Have children tell partners
READ THE BOOK about their favorite foods before they write
about them.
Choose among these options for reading to Advanced Have children include at least
support children at all English proficiency levels. four details about their favorite foods.
Read Aloud Read the book aloud as children Extend Language Help children brainstorm
follow along. Pause to verify comprehension and names of flowers and vegetables. Possible
to explain unfamiliar concepts. responses: pea plants, broccoli, cucumbers,
tulips, roses
Monitored Reading Have children silently
read a few pages at a time. Use the following Answers to page 32:
questions to support comprehension: Provide this sentence frame: My favorite part was
• Pages 2–3 What plants are growing in when ___. Possible response: My favorite part
the garden? (Carrots, pumpkin, lettuce, and was when Rabbit said, “Candy will not grow.”
roses are growing in the garden.)
• Pages 4–5 What do Dog and Cat want Family Link Read aloud the Family Link activity
to plant? (Dog and Cat want to plant mint on page 32 before sending copies of the Study
candy and tomato juice.) Guide home with children. Later, have them tell
• Pages 6–7 Why shouldn’t Dog plant about what their families would like to grow in
a garden.
mint candy? (Candy will not grow.) Why
shouldn’t Cat plant tomato juice? (Juice will
not grow.)
• Page 8 What do Dog and Cat plant in the
end? (They plant a mint plant and a tomato
plant.)
Reread Have children reread the book with a
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partner, in small groups, or independently. Have
them complete the Study Guide on page 32.
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Study Guide
Name Dog and Cat
and the Garden
• Read Dog and Cat and the Garden again.
• Draw a picture of your favorite part of the story.
• Write a sentence about it.
Family Link
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Ask family members to tell what they would like to
grow in a garden.
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