Jenna Lee Gleisner - What Do People Do in Spring?

21st Century Basic Skills Library by Jenna Lee Gleisner Cherry Lake Publishing Ann Arbor, Michigan Published in the United States of America
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Gleisner, Jenna Lee.
What do people do in spring? / by Jenna Lee Gleisner.
pages cm. -- (Lets look at spring)
Audience: 5-7.
Audience: K to grade 3.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-62431-661-6 (hardcover) -- ISBN 978-1-62431-688-3 (pbk.) -
ISBN 978-1-62431-715-6 (pdf) -- ISBN 978-1-62431-742-2 (hosted ebook)
1. I. Title. Title.

QH637.5.G54 2013 508.2--dc23
ISBN-13: 978-1-68444-436-6 (e-book) 2013029055 Cherry Lake Publishing would like to acknowledge
the work of The Partnership for 21st Century Skills.
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January 2014 Synchred Read-Along Version by:
Triangle Interactive LLC
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Spring Changes Spring is here. The
temperature rises.
Weather gets warmer. Ria feels it is warmer. She
reads her book outside. People spend more time
outside.

Ray walks his dog.

What Do You See? What kind of flower do you see? Plants Plants and flowers begin
to grow. People enjoy the
bright colors. What Do You See? What color is the flower? Bo smells flowers at the park.
He picks one to take home. People celebrate Arbor Day
and Earth Day in spring. What Do You See? How many tomatoes do you see? Gardens People plant gardens.
Will tends his vegetables
all spring. Kate plants a flower garden.
She waters it each morning. School Ends The school year ends in spring.
Summer is almost here! Find Out More BOOK Rissman, Rebecca. Seasons . Seasons .

Chicago: Capstone Raintree,
2014. WEB SITE Tree House Weather Kids www.urbanext.illinois.edu/treehouse/index.cfm
Learn what causes seasons and changes in temperature. Glossary Arbor Day (AHR-bur day) a special day for planting trees
Earth Day (URTH day) a special day for learning about and
caring for our Earth temperature (TEM-pur-uh-chur) how hot or cold something is
tend (TEND) to take care of

Home and School Connection Use this list of words from the book to help your child become
a better reader. Word games and writing activities can help
beginning readers reinforce literacy skills. book
celebrate
colors
dog
flowers
gardens
grow home
morning
outside
park
people
plants
reads school
spring
summer
temperature
tends
time
vegetables walks
warmer
weather
year What Do You See? What Do You See? is a feature paired with select photos in this book.
It encourages young readers to interact with visual images in order to
build the ability to integrate content in various media formats. You can help your child further evaluate photos in this book with
additional activities.

Look at the images in the book without the What
Do You See? feature. Ask your child to point out one detail in each
image, such as a color, time of day, animal, or setting.