Theme: Flower Garden: A non-fiction unit

Grade Levels: PreS-JK-SK-Grade 1

Book Selection

 Wildflower ABC: An Alphabet of Potato Prints by Diana Pomeroy

 Alison’s Zinnia by Anita Lobel [a classic alphabet book –each letter of the alphabet is

made with the name of a little girl, a verb and a lower, “Zena zeroed in on a Zinnia

for Alison”

 The Flower Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta

 Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert

 Flower Garden by Eve Bunting [See nature walk below].

 The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller [non-fiction; as of 2009 the Big Book version

is not available]

Learning Activities

 Shared Reading: „The Reason for a Flower‟

 Writing a Letter

 Visual Art – Art Appreciation

 Letter Writing Centre

 Nature walk

 Drawing science concepts

Length of text: 9 pages

File Format: PDF

Price: $10.00