Silver Seeds By Paul Paolilli and Dan Brewer

Silver Seeds is a perfect selection if you need a mentor text that shows how to look at ordinary things through a poet's eyes. Simple acrostic poems celebrate the wonder and beauty of the natural world. The illustrations by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher are luminous and lovely!

Possible Strategy Instruction:

• C: Use prior knowledge to connect with text
• C: Make a picture or mental image

• A: Try a different letter sound
• A: Look for word parts

• F: Read text as the author would say it, conveying the meaning or feeling

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