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VegetablesGrowing
by Kim Borland
illustrated by Chad Thompson
ISBN 0-328-13346-9
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Reader Response1. What was the authors purpose for writing
this book?
2. What do you think the Garden Bunch will be doing next summer?
What clues in the selection help you to make your prediction?
3. Antonyms are words with opposite meanings. On a web like the
one below, write two antonyms for the word lazy.
4. Look at the picture on pages 4 and 5. Tell two things about
the garden that are not written in the text.
Lazy
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VegetablesGrowing
by Kim Borlandillustrated by Chad Thompson
Editorial Offices: Glenview, Illinois Parsippany, New Jersey New
York, New YorkSales Offices: Needham, Massachusetts Duluth, Georgia
Glenview, Illinois
Coppell, Texas Ontario, California Mesa, Arizona
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Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide
appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply
regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its
attention in subsequent editions.
Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the property
of Scott Foresman, a division of Pearson Education.
Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom
(B), Left (L), Right (R), Background (Bkgd)
Illustrations by Chad Thompson
ISBN: 0-328-13346-9
Copyright Pearson Education, Inc.
All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America.
This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should
be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited
reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any
form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording,
or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to:
Permissions Department, Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue,
Glenview, Illinois 60025.
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Were the Garden Bunch. We are friends who love digging in the
dirt!
Were growing vegetables again this summer. We like to eat the
vegetables that we grow. This year were going to sell them! Now we
are business partners too!
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4 We planted three new crops this year. We chose carrots, beans,
and lettuce.
We planted our vegetables in this sunny spot. The plants need
about six hours of sunlight every day to grow well.
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Each of us has a special job to do in the garden. Now that weve
decided which crops to plant this year, were ready to work. So off
we go!
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6Im Miranda. I take care of the sweet, crunchy carrots in our
garden. Its not easy to spot the carrots. The part of the carrot
that we eat grows under the ground.
Clever rabbits like to nibble on the green carrot tops. A wire
fence will help keep the rabbits out.
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I water the plants every day. Most outdoor plants need about one
inch of water every week. One day, I forgot to water the plants.
The next day, they were wilted. I felt as if I had cheated the
plants out of a drink of water. I never forgot to water them
again!
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8Im Alex. I take care of the bean plants. They are climbing
plants. I put poles in the ground to give the plants something to
climb as they grow.
I give the plants food. The food makes them strong.
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I pull the weeds from around the bottoms of the bean plants.
Weeds crowd out plants that are trying to grow. With the weeds
gone, the sunlight, water, and food can get to the plants.
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Im Lindsay. My job is to take care of these lettuce plants. We
planted the lettuce two months ago. Now they are ready for
harvesting.
Harvesting is a big job. Theres no time to be lazy!
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Vegetables taste best when they are fresh. How do you know when
they are fresh? Thats easy. Vegetables are fresh when they
ripen!
To harvest the plants, we cut the lettuce from the tops of the
stems.
Now we have finished our jobs. Can you guess what we are going
to do next?
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Were going to sell the vegetables to our neighbors. Maybe well
have incredible wealth by the end of the summer!
Even if we dont earn a lot of money, weve had fun taking care of
our garden. We like being together and digging in the dirt. Were
the Garden Bunch!
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Reader Response1. What was the authors purpose for writing
this book?
2. What do you think the Garden Bunch will be doing next summer?
What clues in the selection help you to make your prediction?
3. Antonyms are words with opposite meanings. On a web like the
one below, write two antonyms for the word lazy.
4. Look at the picture on pages 4 and 5. Tell two things about
the garden that are not written in the text.
Lazy
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