Developing and Sustaining Foundational Literacy Skills The materials provide students the opportunity to engage in both short-term and sustained inquiry processes throughout the year.The materials provide students the opportunity to build key academic vocabulary across the year.
The story is based around this friendship and what it means to be a friend. I know Laura is just young and has a lot to learn. Why are you so weird about being outside? It's healthy for you. I think she just blatantly lied in there to get out of gardening too. Why doesn't she come out and say she rather not be growing plants? Or why doesn't Laura just garden with her for a little while and then later on or the day after they can do something she likes to do? Where is the communication? I know they are little kids but Laura just frustrated me so much. It's really the strangest and most annoying thing ever. She constantly asks to have the seeds they are trying to grow so she can get her family member to grow it on their farm instead of growing them themselves. Anna loves digging up dirt and gardening but Laura doesn't feel the same way. This is a prequel of Anna's other stories where she grows her friendship with Laura. I jumped at a chance to read The Year of the Garden since I love The Secret Garden and have read and enjoyed a few of the Anna Wang series. It showed how nature can transform your day, but in Mary's case your life, into a happy one. Their story brought out the nature lover in me. I became enchanted with the secret garden, Mary, Colin, and Dickon. But, like the good daughter I am, I indulged his buy and watched the movie. I hadn't even heard of The Secret Garden before. Years ago my dad brought me a DVD of The Secret Garden. In this prequel to Year of the Book, join Anna in a year of discovery, new beginnings, friendships, and growth. And friendship, like a garden, often has a mind of its own. Or maybe what grows from her dream of a garden is even better: friendship. When Anna is gifted a copy of The Secret Garden, it inspires her to follow her dreams-maybe she can plant ivy and purple crocuses and the birds will come. HMH Books for Young Readers (April 2017) NetGalley