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Characteristics of the Text Genre • Realistic fi ction

Text Structure • Third-person narrative organized sequentially• Simple, straightforward plot

Content • Growing plants• Patience• Learning from a parent

Themes and Ideas • It’s important to take good care of plants.• Hard work brings good results.• Patience is important.

Language and Literary Features

• Two major characters• Setting important in plot• Dialogue assigned to different characters.

Sentence Complexity • A mix of short and complex sentences with clauses and phrases• Questions in dialogue• Dashes and exclamations

Vocabulary • Different words used to assign dialogue• New vocabulary and content-specifi c words (cherry tomatoes, salads, summer, plant,

stick, garden, patient)Words • All parts of speech

• Mostly one- and two-syllable wordsIllustrations • Softly colored drawings support and extend the text.

Book and Print Features • Nine pages of text with illustrations on all pages• Some sentences turn over several lines.• Each new sentence starts fl ush left.

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Len’s Tomatoesby Boris Neyman

Fountas-Pinnell Level IRealistic FictionSelection SummaryLen helps his mother plant cherry tomato plants in their garden. He learns to grow plants --- and to be patient. In the end, he is thrilled that his hard work was worth it and his tomatoes taste so sweet.

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Build BackgroundRead the title and author with the children and talk about what is happening in the cover illustration. Ask them what they think the boy in the illustration is doing. Encourage children to use their knowledge of growing plants to think about the story. Ask questions such as the following: Have you ever helped to grow plants in school, at home, or in a community garden? What happened? What did you enjoy the most about growing plants?

Introduce the TextGuide children through the text, noting important details and helping with unfamiliar language and vocabulary. Here are some suggestions:

: Explain that this story is about a little boy named Len who grows a cherry tomato plant. Suggested language: Turn to page 2. Look at the picture. Are Len and his mother in their house or in their garden? The sentence reads: Len raced out of the house and into the garden. Say house. What letter would you expect to see fi rst in house? Find the word house and put your fi nger under it.

Page 3: Turn to page 3 and look at the picture. Len is looking at a cherry tomato plant. Have you ever eaten a cherry tomato? Cherry tomatoes are so small, Len can pop them in his mouth. Can you show me how Len would pop a cherry tomato into his mouth?

Page 4: Turn to page 4. First, Len and his mother worked together in the garden. Then Len began to dig a hole. What is Len using to dig?

Page 6: Now what is Len doing in the garden? Len went out to water his plant. Len says: “Where are my cherry tomatoes?” Why do you think there are no tomatoes on the plant yet?

Now go back to the beginning and read to fi nd out more about Len’s tomatoes.

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ReadAs children read, observe them carefully. Guide them as needed, using language that supports their problem solving ability.

Respond to the TextPersonal ResponseAsk children to share their personal responses to the story. Begin by asking what they liked best about the story, or what they found interesting.Suggested language: What do you think Len learned by planting tomatoes with his mother? How do you think he felt at the end of the story? How would you feel?

Ways of ThinkingAs you discuss the text, make sure children understand these teaching points:

Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text

• Len helps his mother plant cherry tomato plants.

• Len learns how to take care of the plants.

• Len picks the tomatoes and makes a salad for his parents.

• Hard work can be fun.

• It’s important to be patient when growing plants.

• The pictures show what the plants look like as they grow tall.

• The author includes lots of details that make the story interesting.

• Len and his mother talk the way people do in real life.

© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.

Choices for SupportFluencyHave children read a passage from the text and demonstrate that they can quickly and automatically solve most words in a way that supports fl uency.

Phonemic Awareness and Word WorkProvide practice as needed with words and sounds, using one of the following activities:• Make New Words Materials: index cards, two boxes. Put index cards with the

infl ectional endings –ing and –ed in one box. Put index cards with the words plant, help, work, cover, start, and pick in a second box. Ask children to draw one index card from each box and change the verb by adding the infl ectional ending selected.

• Word Wall Materials: words on word wall, index cards. Write the following story words on the word wall: Len, Mother, cherry tomato, plant, garden, worked, water, patient, green, red, water, dirt. Then have children write the words on cards. Have partners build sentences using some of their words, and adding other words. Call on children to read aloud their sentences to the class.



Writing About ReadingCritical ThinkingRead the directions for children on BLM 23.8 and guide them in answering the questions.

RespondingRead aloud the questions at the back of the book and help children complete the activities.

Target Comprehension SkillCause and Effect

Target Comprehension Skill Tell children that the effect tells what happens in a story.

The cause tells why it happened. Model how to think about cause and effect:

Think Aloud

In this story I read that Len cared for his plant every day. Finally, he saw small green tomatoes on his plant. Why did Len get tomatoes? Because he took good care of his plant. The effect, or what happened, is the small green tomatoes on his plant.

Practice the SkillHave children share examples of cause and effect in another story they have read.

Writing PromptRead aloud the following prompt. Have children write their response, using the writing prompt on page 6.

Len did a lot of work to grow cherry tomatoes. What do you think was the hardest job? Write about the part you think would be the hardest to do.



Read directions to children.

Think About ItWrite an answer to the question. Responses may vary.

1. Why was Len worried about his tomato plant?

The tomatoes were green when they

first grew. Len thought his plant was

sick.Making Connections Think about a plant you

have cared for. Write some sentences about

your plant.

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English Language LearnersReading Support Check regularly on children’s oral reading to determine accuracy, fl uency, and comprehension.

Oral Language DevelopmentCheck the children’s comprehension, using a dialogue that best matches their English profi ciency level. Speaker 1 is the teacher, Speaker 2 is the child.

Beginning/ Early Intermediate Intermediate Early Advanced/ Advanced

Speaker 1: Who is the boy in the story?

Speaker 2: Len

Speaker 1: What does Len plant?

Speaker 2: a cherry tomato plant

Speaker 1: How does the cherry tomato taste?

Speaker 2: sweet

Speaker 1: What do Len and his mother do together?

Speaker 2: They plant cherry tomatoes in the garden.

Speaker 1: When do cherry tomatoes turn red?

Speaker 2: They turn red when they are ready to eat.

Speaker 1: When Len eats a cherry tomato, the writer says “Hard work sure could taste sweet!” Why?

Speaker 2: Growing the cherry tomato plant was hard work, but it was worth it because the cherry tomatoes tasted very sweet.



Name Date

Len’s TomatoesLen did a lot of work to grow cherry tomatoes. What do you think was the hardest job? Write about the part you think would be the hardest to do.



Think About ItWrite an answer to the question.

1. Why was Len worried about his tomato plant?

Making Connections Think about a plant you

have cared for. Write some sentences about

your plant.

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Len’s TomatoesRunning Record Form

Len’s Tomatoes • LEVEL I

Behavior Code Error

Read word correctly ✓cat 0

Repeated word, sentence, or phrase

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0

Omission —cat 1

Behavior Code Error

Substitution cutcat 1

Self-corrects cut sccat 0

Insertion the

cat 1

Word told Tcat 1

page Selection Text Errors Self-Corrections

3

4

“Cherry tomatoes are little

tomatoes,” said his mother.

‘‘We put cherry tomatoes in

our salads last summer.’’

‘‘Oh, yes!’’ said Len. ‘‘I can

pop cherry tomatoes in

my mouth.’’

Len and his mother worked

together in the garden.

Len began to dig a hole.

He put a plant in the hole.

Then he covered the roots

with dirt.

Comments: Accuracy Rate (# words read

correctly/58 x 100)

%

Self-Correction Rate

(# errors + # Self-Corrections/ Self-Corrections)

1:



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