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by Laura Cerier illustrated by David Austin Clar Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Houghton Mifflin Company unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. Address inquiries to School Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Company, 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116. Printed in China ISBN-13: 978-0-547-02861-3 ISBN-10: 0-547-02861-X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SDP 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08
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Next, you need to get the soil ready for planting. You will need to dig with your shovel. It’s hard work digging out tough roots and rocks. Use your muscles! 4
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Now it is time to plant your seeds. What will you plant? Corn, beans, and squash are three plants that help each other grow. Sometimes they are called the three sisters. 5
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Corn is a plant that grows tall. Beans need to climb up something tall. So the bean plants climb up the corn stalks. Squash plants grow big leaves. The big leaves make shade. The shade stops weeds from growing. 6
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You plant the three sisters in hills. First, you make a small hill of soil. Then you push some corn seeds into the hill. Next, you plant bean seeds in a circle around the corn hill. Then you plant squash seeds in a circle around the bean circle. 7
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At first, your garden might look plain, but just wait until it starts to grow! You will need to water it every day. Very soon you will see wrinkled leaves growing. Then your plants will begin blooming. And next vegetables will begin to grow! 8
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It is fun to pick vegetables from your own garden. Soon you will have baskets full of vegetables. The three sisters help each other grow. 9
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The three sisters taste great together, too! You can make a Three Sisters Stew with your family. “Do you want a second helping?” they will ask. You will give a big nod yes! 10
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Responding TARGET VOCABULARY Word Builder Many words have words that mean the opposite. Fancy is the opposite of plain. Copy the chart and add more words. Word Opposite plain fancy tough soft wrinkled ? big ? Write About It Text to Self There are many kinds of gardens. Write a few sentences describing a garden you would like to plant. Would it be vegetables or flowers? Plain or fancy? Use words from the Word Builder. 11
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TARGET VOCABULARY blooming scent muscles shovels nodded tough plain wrinkled TARGET STRATEGY Analyze/Evaluate Tell how you feel about the text, and why. A blooming flower often has a nice . 12
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Level: J DRA: 18 Science Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate Word Count: 313 2.2.7 Build Vocabulary HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Online Leveled Books 1032974
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