Anywhere Farm by Phyllis Root

Anywhere Farm is a poem dedicated to the love of growing things anywhere and everywhere. The text is organized in various ways that might inspire students as they write.

Possible Strategy Instruction:

• C: Use prior knowledge to connect with text.
• C: Determine and analyze author’s purpose and support with text.
• C: Monitor and fix up.

• A: Look carefully at letters and words. 
• A: Use meaning and context to confirm.

• F: Adjust and apply different reading rates to match text. 
• F: Reread text.

• E: Tune in to interesting words and use new vocabulary in speaking and writing.