Gardening Key

Gardening-key
Gardening
Is there anything more fascinating that putting a tiny seed into a dirt hole and watching it turn into a flower
or tree or plant? Students will find these passages about gardens to be equally fascinating. There are good
gardens, flower gardens, royal gardens, and garden adventures!
Table of Contents
1. The Gardener and the King

2. Nana’s Garden
3. How Does Your Garden Grow?
4. The Lilies and the Thistles
5. Billy's Big Discovery
6. The P.C. and P.O.
7. Sarah Plants a Seed
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The Gardener and the King
Answer Key
1. What does the King mean when he says, “I want someone with gardening in their blood”?
He wants someone whose family has a long history and love of gardening.
2. What do you think tilled means here: “He tilled the land and planted seeds”?
Prepared for planting; plowed
3. Why did the gardener feel he was unworthy to be the royal gardener?
He was poor and in debt, and he had a limp.
4. Why was this gardener able to get the garden growing?
He was successful because he loved his work.
Passage Details
Words: 401-500
Skills: Context Clues, Summary, and Theme
Grades: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
Topics: Fairy Tales and Fables
Genres: Prose
Lexile Range: —
Lexile Measure: —
CCSS: Reading: Literature
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Vocabulary Group: —
Vocabulary Words: —
Themes: —
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Nana’s Garden
by RV staff writer J.C.
Answer Key
1. Why did Nana want to grow vegetables instead of buying them in a store?
She thought they taste better when you grow them yourself.
2. What is a trowel?
A tool for digging holes in dirt
3. What does "harvest" mean?
To pick or gather vegetables or crops
4. Put the events in order:
A) The vegetables were ready to harvest.

B) Amy put seeds into the holes.
C) Nana wanted to plant a garden.
D) Everyone ate a delicious, fresh salad.
E) Michael covered up the holes with dirt.
F) Justin dug holes in the dirt with a trowel.
C, F, B, E, A, D
Passage Details
Words: 501-600
Skills: Context Clues and Summary

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Grades: 2nd and 3rd
Topics: Realistic Fiction
Genres: Prose
Lexile Range: 420L - 730L
Lexile Measure: 660L
Themes: —
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How Does Your Garden Grow?
Answer Key
1. What are the words in the text that help you know the order in which a plant grows?
The words first, next, soon, then, now, and after puts the information in sequence or order.
2. What happens before the baby plant can use the food inside the seed?
The food must first get soft from the water in the ground.
3. How are roots like arms?
Roots are long and can reach down through the soil like arms.
4. How does the seed take care of the baby plant? Use details from the text to support your answer.
Answers should include some or all of the following:
The hard covering keeps what is inside safe

The seed provides food
The seed takes care of the baby plant until it can grow roots
Answer Key for Context Clues
Context Clues Answer

Key
Using context clues from the sentences in the passage, underline the correct meaning of the word in
boldface.
1) "It is filled with plants that have flowers."
a. trees, bushes, and greenery b. rocks c. books and papers d. small animals
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2) "the seed is put in the ground"
a. water b. dirt c. trash d. round ball
3) "the baby plant grows roots"
a. tall and strong b. flowers c. part that is below the dirt d. ears and legs
Passage Details
Words: 201-300
Skills: Compare and Contrast, Figurative Language, and Story Elements
Grades: K and 1st
Topics: Science
Genres: Informational
Lexile Range: 0 - 410L
Lexile Measure: 380L
CCSS: Science and Technical Subjects
Themes: —
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The Lilies and the Thistles
by RV Staff Writer J.C.
Answer Key
1. What was one reason the lilies disliked the thistles?
Example of correct answer: The lilies said the thistles were ugly.
2. For the reason you gave in Question 1, how did the thistles respond to the lilies' reason?
Example of correct answer: The thistle said their purple color was pretty.
3. How would you describe the character of the lilies?
The lilies were pretty, but they were also very snobbish and rude.
4. The lilies were pretty, but the thistles were useful. Which trait do you think is more important and why?
Student's choice
Passage Details
Words: 301-400
Skills: Character Traits, Summary, and Theme
Grades: 2nd, 3rd, and 4th
Topics: Science Fiction / Fantasy
Genres: Prose
Lexile Range: —
Lexile Measure: —
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Themes: —
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Billy's Big Discovery
by Elizabeth Trach
Answer Key
1. According to the story, what does sighed mean here: "He sighed loudly, making a huffing sound to show
his mother that he was unhappy"?
A sigh is when someone exhales loudly, usually because they are bored or unhappy. Context clues explain
Billy's feelings and describe a sigh as a huffing sound.
2. What chore does Billy have to do in the garden?
It's Billy's job to weed the tomato plants.
3. What does Billy find in the tomato patch?
Billy finds an old arrowhead in the dirt.
4. How would you describe Billy?
Example of correct answer: Billy is curious and obeys his mother. He also likes to imagine things.
Passage Details
Words: 301-400
Skills: Character Traits, Context Clues, and Summary
Grades: 2nd and 3rd
Genres: Prose
Lexile Range: —
Lexile Measure: —
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Themes: —
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The P.C. and P.O.
by Louisa May Alcott
Answer Key
1. Pick one of the girl's garden and explain how it shows her personality.
Student's choice
2. What does aspiring mean here: "the seeds of which cheerful and aspiring plant"?
To have great hopes; ambitious
3. What does picturesque mean here: " and as many brilliant, picturesque plants as would consent
to blossom there"?
Pretty, attractive
4. If you had a garden, what would you plant in it? Why?
Student's choice
Passage Details
Words: 201-300
Skills: Character Traits and Context Clues
Grades: 4th, 5th, and 6th
Genres: Prose
Lexile Range: —
Lexile Measure: —
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Themes: —
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Sarah Plants a Seed
by Elizabeth Trach
Answer Key
1. Why did Sarah’s mother give Sarah the radish seeds to plant?
She gave Sarah the radish seeds because they were bigger and easier to plant.
2. What did Sarah’s mother do after the seeds were planted?
She watered the seeds.
3. What is a furrow?
A line in the soil
4. Which vegetable will the orange roots be?
Carrots
Answer Key for Context Clues
Context Clues Answer

Key
Using context clues from the sentences in the passage, underline the correct meaning of the word in
boldface.
1. “Sarah used the stick to draw a line near her mother's furrow.”
a. garden b. large hole c. seeds d. small ditch
2. “She watched her mother open a packet of carrot seeds.”
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a. small package b. large container c. box d. can
3. “She carefully placed the tiny seeds in a neat line.”
a. very large b. very small c. very cute d. very clean
4. “It looked like a small tan pebble.”
a. brick b. stone c. seed d. wood chip
5. “She used a watering can to soak the ground.”
a. drench b. spray c. dampen d. cover
Passage Details
Words: 301-400
Skills: Context Clues, Story Elements, and Summary
Grades: 1st and 2nd
Genres: Informational and Prose

Lexile Range: —
Lexile Measure: —
CCSS: Reading: Literature and Science and Technical Subjects
Themes: —

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1. The Gardener and the King

The Gardener and the King

Prepared for planting; plowed

He was poor and in debt, and he had a limp.

4. Why was this gardener able to get the garden growing?

He was successful because he loved his work.

Skills: Context Clues, Summary, and Theme

Grades: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd

Topics: Fairy Tales and Fables

CCSS: Reading: Literature

by RV staff writer J.C.

A tool for digging holes in dirt

3. What does "harvest" mean?

To pick or gather vegetables or crops

4. Put the events in order:

A) The vegetables were ready to harvest.

Skills: Context Clues and Summary

Grades: 2nd and 3rd

Topics: Realistic Fiction

CCSS: Reading: Literature

How Does Your Garden Grow?

3. How are roots like arms?

Answers should include some or all of the following:

The hard covering keeps what is inside safe

Answer Key for Context Clues

Context Clues Answer

1) "It is filled with plants that have flowers."

2) "the seed is put in the ground"

a. water b. dirt c. trash d. round ball

3) "the baby plant grows roots"

Skills: Compare and Contrast, Figurative Language, and Story Elements

Grades: K and 1st

CCSS: Science and Technical Subjects

The Lilies and the Thistles

by RV Staff Writer J.C.

1. What was one reason the lilies disliked the thistles?

3. How would you describe the character of the lilies?

Skills: Character Traits, Summary, and Theme

Grades: 2nd, 3rd, and 4th

Topics: Science Fiction / Fantasy

CCSS: Reading: Literature

Billy's Big Discovery

2. What chore does Billy have to do in the garden?

It's Billy's job to weed the tomato plants.

3. What does Billy find in the tomato patch?

Billy finds an old arrowhead in the dirt.

4. How would you describe Billy?

Skills: Character Traits, Context Clues, and Summary

Grades: 2nd and 3rd

Topics: Realistic Fiction

CCSS: Reading: Literature

The P.C. and P.O.

by Louisa May Alcott

To have great hopes; ambitious

4. If you had a garden, what would you plant in it? Why?

Skills: Character Traits and Context Clues

Grades: 4th, 5th, and 6th