2 1 3 fall harvest (science)

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Fall Harvest

by Eugene Schneeberg

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Fall Harvest

by Eugene Schneeberg

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It is a busy time

on a farm

Some vegetables can be picked Some fruits can be picked, too It’s the fall harvest.

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Look at the fields

They have rows and rows of corn Farmers have to pick the corn.

Then you can buy the corn and

eat it.

Look at the apple trees You can pick the apples from the trees.

It’s fun to eat them, too!

Look at the ladder

You can use it to get to

the tops of the trees

But be careful!

You don’t want to fall!

Look at the sky.

The birds are flying south.

The birds look for warm weather

in the fall.

Look at the chipmunk.

It is looking for nuts

in the woods.

In the fall, chipmunks gather food for the winter months.

Look at the field.

It has many pumpkins.

Some are large.

Some are small.

Some are round like a ball.

Look at the size of

this pumpkin

It grew and grew and grew!

Look at this pumpkin Someone turned it into

a jack-o-lantern!

TARGET VOCABULARY Word Builder

Make a word web around the word woods What can you see in the woods?

Text to World Would you like to go apple

picking? Write one or two sentences Tell what you would like about it Use words from the Word Builder.

Write About It

rabbits squirrels

woods

busy

chipmunks

grew

picked

south tops turned woods

TARGET VOCABULARY

TARGET STRATEGY Analyze/Evaluate Tell how you feel about the text, and why.

Which vocabulary word spells another word backwards?

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

Online Leveled Books

Level: I

DRA: 16

Science

Strategy:

Analyze/Evaluate

Word Count: 179

2.1.3 Build Vocabulary