Where Words Grow: read-along
Where Words Grow as a read-along for the projector: 12 pages, 1014 words, level 10, grade 5.
Page 1 of 12
In Dunmere, whatever you say takes root. A small word makes a small green thing. Say "hello" at the gate and a daisy opens by your boot, and say "thank you" and a clover leaf unrolls beside it. Linnet Vale had grown up stepping around them. Every doorstep in town was dotted with the little plants of morning, each one a word somebody had said. She liked the mornings best, when the whole town looked freckled with green.
Keys: ← → or Page Up and Page Down turn the page, Space starts and pauses the voice, Home and End jump, F fills the screen. Tapping the right side of a page goes on; the left side goes back.
How to use it
- Press Full screen (F) to put the book on the projector.
- Press Read to me (Space), or read it yourself and turn pages with the arrow keys or a tap. Pick the Pace that suits the class.
- After the last page, three questions come up to talk about.
About this book
- Level 10, Grade 5
- 12 pages, 1014 words, about 8 minutes aloud
- A story, gentle
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About Where Words Grow
In Dunmere, whatever you say grows where you stand. Quiet Linnet sits with a dying baker while he says everything he never told his son, and learns what her own words can grow.
Words to preview
- thorns (THORNZ)
- sharp, spiky plants
- propped (PROPT)
- held up
- freckled (FREK-uld)
- dotted with spots
- thicket (THIK-it)
- a thick group of plants
- patchwork (PACH-wurk)
- made of many patches
Questions that fit any book
- What happened at the beginning, in the middle and at the end?
- Which page was your favorite? Why?
- How did the main character feel at the end? What tells you?
Questions
How long does Where Words Grow take to read aloud?
It has 12 pages and 1014 words, so about 8 minutes at the Steady pace and a little less at Quick. If you stop to talk on the way, plan for more.
What reading level is Where Words Grow?
Level 10, Grade 5. The library numbers its levels from 0 to 18 and puts the level of a book on its cover; level 10 sits at grade 5. A level is a guide for choosing, so look at the pages yourself.
Whose voice is it?
Your browser's own. Read to me uses a speaking voice already on the computer, so it sounds like that computer and works without a sign-in. Voices differ: some light each word as it is spoken, and some do not, in which case the highlight follows a steady pace instead. Some browsers use an online voice; if yours does, the browser, not us, sends the words of the page to its speech service. If no voice is installed, turn the pages and read it aloud yourself.
Do students need an account?
No. Nothing is asked of anyone and nothing is sent to us. Project the page, or share the link and let students open it on their own screens.
Where does this book come from?
It was written for Peabody's library. It is not copied from a published book.
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