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FLOWERS FOR MOM

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Home-Grown Story Created By

Ginger Kosobucki and Cindy Reinhard

Theme: Family/Daily Life

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in support of the

Adult ELL Pathway to Literacy Pilot Program

Indianapolis, IN

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Level B/C

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Using This Story

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  • These stories were created as open educational resources to use with adult English language learners who have limited-literacy skills.
  • We encourage using the stories first without words, to introduce and develop students’ oral language before showing them the text.
  • Comic Sans font is used in the stories because it closely resembles handwriting.
  • The story is meant to be a resource, not a stand-alone curriculum.
  • The Yes/No and Wh- question slides are not meant to be shown to the students.

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@2023. This work is licensed under a CC BY NC 4.0 license by the Pathway to Literacy Program, under the direction of the Immigrant Welcome Center, in Indianapolis, IN. All images in this story, unless otherwise attributed, are from Public Domain or free stock photo images sources, such as Unsplash, Pikist, Pixabay, Pexels, FreePik, Pics4Learning.

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Flowers for Mom

(no text)

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B/C

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The End

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Yes / No Questions

  1. The boy is Matt.
  2. The baby is sad.
  3. Mom has a backache.
  4. Dad feeds the baby.
  5. Dad helps with my shoes.
  6. We go for a walk.
  7. I get my sister flowers.
  8. Mom is mad.
  9. I love my mom!

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Flowers for Mom

(with text)

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B/C

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My name is Matt.

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This is my family.

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My sister is sad.

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She is hungry.

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Mom has a headache.

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I feed my baby sister.

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Then I kiss her.

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She is happy now.

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Dad helps me with my shoes.

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We take a walk.

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We pass a flower shop.

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I get flowers for Mom.

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She is happy.

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We go home.

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I love my mom!

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The End

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Wh- Questions

  1. What is the boy’s name?
  2. Why is the baby sad?
  3. What is wrong with Mom?
  4. Who feeds the baby?
  5. What does the family do?
  6. Where do they go?
  7. What does Matt get?
  8. How does Mom feel?

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Numbered Sentences

  1. I am Matt.
  2. This is my family.
  3. My sister is sad.
  4. She is hungry.
  5. Mom has a headache.
  6. I feed my baby sister.
  7. Then I kiss her.

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Numbered Sentences

  1. She is happy now.
  2. Dad helps me with my shoes.
  3. We take a walk.
  4. We pass a flower shop.
  5. I get flowers for Mom.
  6. She is happy.
  7. We go home.
  8. I love my mom!