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Saplings and Shovels at the Tree Nursery

Felix spends a Saturday at his aunt's tree nursery. Students learn nursery words like sapling and mulch and use words that tell where and when.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.3.6

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students use subject-specific words such as sapling, root ball, burlap, mulch and prune accurately.
Students tell apart words that signal where something is and words that signal when it happens.

How to use

Read the story aloud and point out the nursery words and the where and when words, then let students answer the questions on their own.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.3.6

Use conversational, general academic, and subject-specific words and phrases accurately, including ones that signal spatial and time relationships.

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Saplings and Shovels at the Tree Nursery

Learn tree nursery words and words that tell where and when.

Read the story

A Saturday at Greenway Tree Nursery

1On Saturday morning, Felix Osei went to work with his aunt, Rosalind. She runs Greenway Tree Nursery. A tree nursery is a place where young trees grow until they are big enough to be planted somewhere else.

2First, Aunt Rosalind showed Felix the rows of saplings. A sapling is a young tree with a thin trunk. The maple saplings grew beside the fence. The pine saplings grew between the shed and the greenhouse.

3Before a customer takes a tree home, a worker digs it up with a root ball. The root ball is the clump of soil that holds the roots together. Felix helped Aunt Rosalind wrap a root ball in burlap. Burlap is a rough, strong cloth.

4During lunch, they sat under a tall oak tree. "Hey, want half my sandwich?" Felix asked. "Thanks, kiddo!" Aunt Rosalind said with a grin.

5After lunch, Felix spread mulch around the small trees. Mulch is a layer of wood chips that helps keep the soil damp. Meanwhile, Aunt Rosalind pruned the dead branches. To prune means to cut off parts of a plant. They worked until the sun went down behind the hills. "I can't wait to come back next Saturday," Felix said.

Match each tree nursery word to its meaning.