Leveled Reader: Farming in Pakistan
1st-2nd Grades
Targeted Skill: | |
CCSS.ELA.RF.4.1.A: Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding. | CCSS.ELA.RF.4.2.A: Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding. |
CCSS.ELA.RI.2.10 By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 2-3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. | CCSS.ELA.RF.2.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. |
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As students gain knowledge about climate change topics, such as sea level rise, this reading can further expand their understanding of how people are adapting. Discussion about people and places around the world being affected allows students to understand the breadth of the problems and how all of our actions are connected. In addition, solution-oriented texts inspire hope and encourage students to consider green careers where scientists and farmers are collaborating to solve climate-related problems. Teachers can lead students in activities or readings to gain a basic understanding of climate change and sea level rise before engaging with these texts. Possible resources include: |
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Farming in Pakistan
210-400 Lexile
By: Emily Townsend
crop | | a plant grown by farmers |
fresh | | water without salt |
ground | | the Earth where we walk |
soil | | the layers of the Earth where plants grow |
Glossary
Let’s visit Pakistan.
We will go in a boat.
It is on the Arabian Sea.
What can we do?
Can we find solutions together?
1
10
Some people are farmers.
They grow crops.
This is good for the community, but
the ocean water is still rising.
It is a problem.
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2
Families eat the food.
Families sell the food.
Farmers tested other potatoes.
They found a new potato.
It can grow!
It does not need fresh water.
The water and the soil can be salty.
3
8
Pakistani people can grow new crops.
The water in the ocean is moving into the ground.
This can make the soil salty.
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4
The plants need fresh water.
Where can they get it?
Potatoes are good for you.
They don’t need a lot of water.
But the potatoes will not grow.
It is too salty.
5
6
Farming in Pakistan
410-600 Lexile
By: Emily Townsend
brackish | | water with some salt |
crop | | a plant grown by farmers |
fresh | | water without salt |
ground | | the Earth where we walk |
soil | | the layers of the Earth where plants grow |
Glossary
Pakistan is a country in Asia.
It is next to India on the Arabian Sea.
People live there. Animal live there.
What can we do?
We must work to find solutions together.
1
10
Some people there are farmers.
They grow crops.
This is good for the community, but
the ocean water is still rising. It is a problem.
9
2
They grow food for their families. They sell the crops, too.
They tested other potatoes. They found a new potato that could grow well in the soil. They watered them with brackish water. The potatoes grew in the salty soil with salty water.
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8
Pakistani people are learning to grow different crops.
The water from the ocean is moving into the ground. It makes the soil too salty to grow crops.
7
4
It is hard to get fresh water to give to the crops, so not as many grow.
Potatoes don’t need a lot of water, but they have a lot of things our bodies need. The potatoes they used to plant in Pakistan were not growing.
5
6
Farming in Pakistan
610-800 Lexile
By: Emily Townsend
Glossary
brackish | | water with some salt |
crop | | a plant grown by farmers |
fresh | | water without salt |
nutrients | | what animals and plants need to survive |
soil | | the layers of the Earth where plants grow |
Pakistan is a country in Asia. It is near India and borders the Arabian Sea.
People and animals live in Pakistan. What can we do? We have to fix the problem together.
1
10
Some people are farmers. They grow crops.
This is good for the community, but
the ocean water is still rising. It is a problem.
9
2
They farm for many reasons. Some farmers grow food for their families. Some farmers sell the crops, too.
So, they tested a new variety. They found a potato that could grow well in the salty soil. They watered the new potatoes with brackish water. The potatoes were salt tolerant.
3
8
Pakistani people have to grow different crops to combat the problem.
The Arabian Sea is rising due to climate change. Unfortunately, the saltwater from the ocean is seeping into the ground, which makes the soil too salty to grow crops.
7
4
Sea level rise is also making it difficult to get enough fresh water for the crops. This means the number and quality of plants has decreased.
Potatoes don’t need a lot of water, but they have a lot of nutrients our bodies need. The potatoes they used to plant in Pakistan were not growing.
5
6
Farming in Pakistan
By: Emily Townsend
Let’s visit Pakistan. We will go in a boat.
It is on the Arabian Sea.
Some people are farmers. They grow crops.
Families eat the food. Families sell the food.
The water in the ocean is moving into the ground. This can make the soil salty.
The plants need fresh water.
Where can they get it?
Pakistani people can grow new crops.
Potatoes are good for you. They don’t need a lot of water. But the potatoes will not grow. It is too salty.
Farmers tested other potatoes. They found a new potato. It can grow! It does not need fresh water. The water and the soil can be salty.
This is good for the community, but
the seawater is still rising. It is a problem.
What can we do?
Can we find solutions together?
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