Olivers Vegetables

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OliversVegetables

• By
• Vivian French

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Learner Outcomes

• Students will recall the word vegetable from the
  Food Guide Pyramid.
• Students will identify 7 vegetables from the
  story.
• Students will touch each vegetable.
• Students might try a new vegetable.

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Pre-reading Strategies

• What do you predict the story will be about?
• What is Oliver holding?
• Is it a vegetable from the Food Guide Pyramid?

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As I read the story, I want you to

• listen for names of the vegetables that Oliver
  gets from the garden,
• to pretend to taste each vegetable with Oliver,
• and to repeat the words that Oliver said about
  how much he liked each one.

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Summarize

• Where does Oliver live?
• Where do Olivers grandparents live?
• Have you ever planted vegetables?
• Do you see carrots in the picture?
• Has anyone eaten beets?
• Do you see cabbage?
• What does spinach look like?
• Has anyone eaten rhubarb?
• Where are the peas in the picture?
• Where are the potatoes?

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Touch the Veggies

• Touch each vegetable
• and think about what
• each one feels like.

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Use a sheet of drawing paper

• Draw a vegetable that you might want to try.
• Write a sentence about your picture.