21st Century
Basic Skills
Library
by Jenna Lee Gleisner
Cherry Lake Publishing Ann Arbor, Michigon
Published in the United States of America
by Cherry Lake Publishing
Ann Arbor, Michigan
www.cherrylakepublishing.com
Consultant: Marla Conn, ReadAbility, Inc.
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Copyright 2014 by Cherry Lake Publishing
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gleisner, Jenna Lee.
What blossoms in spring? / by Jenna Lee Gleisner.
p. cm. -- (Lets look at spring)
Audience: 5-7.
Audience: K to grade 3.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-62431-659-3 (hardcover) -- ISBN 978-1-62431-686-9 (pbk.) -
ISBN 978-1-62431-713-2 (pdf) -- ISBN 978-1-62431-740-8 (hosted ebook)
1. Plants, Flowering of--Juvenile literature. 2. Flowers--Juvenile literature.
3. Spring--Juvenile literature. I. Title. II. Series: Gleisner, Jenna Lee. Lets
look at spring.
QK830.G54 2015 582.13--dc23
ISBN-13: 978-1-68444-438-0 (e-book)
2013029053
Cherry Lake Publishing would like to acknowledge
the work of The Partnership for 21st Century Skills.
Please visit www.p21.org for more information.
Printed in the United States of America
Corporate Graphics Inc.
January 2014
Synchred Read-Along Version by:
Triangle Interactive LLC
PO Box 573
Prior Lake, MN 55372
Spring Season
Spring is here. Days get
warmer. New plants begin
to grow.
Lots of rain falls. Rain and
sunlight help buds grow.
What Do You See?
What color tulips do you see?
Flowers
Buds blossom. They turn into
flowers. Tulips blossom every
spring.
What Do You See?
What insect do you see on the apple
tree blossom?
Apple trees blossom. The
flowers will turn into fruit.
Water lilies grow in ponds.
They blossom on top of the
water.
Poppies blossom. They grow
in fields. Mel picks poppies.
What Do You See?
Are the lilacs Jill smells purple, pink, or white?
Petals
Jill smells lilacs. Lilac petals
are purple, pink, or white.
Dandelions have tiny yellow
petals. They will turn into white
seeds.
Spring Ends
Plants blossom all spring long.
What season comes next?
Find Out More
BOOK
Aloian, Molly. How Do We Know Its Spring? New York:
Crabtree, 2013.
WEB SITE
Spring Match Game
www.primarygames.com/season_match/spring_match
/spring_match.htm
Match up your favorite spring items to reveal a spring flower.
Glossary
blossom (BLAH-suhm) to grow
buds (BUHDZ) small bumps on a plant that grow into leaves
or flowers
petals (PET-uhlz) the colored parts on the outside of a flower
Home and School Connection
Use this list of words from the book to help your child become
a better reader. Words games and writing activities can help
beginnig readers reinforce literacy skills.
apple
blossom
buds
dandelion
days
fields
flowers
fruit
grow
lilacs
lilies
petals
pick
pink
plants
ponds
poppies
purble
rain
season
seeds
smell
spring
sunlight
tiny
trees
tulips
warmer