Grade 2 ELA Meet the Veggies I can

Grade 2 ELA

“Meet the Veggies”

I can: ● Reread the poem with the teacher. ● Learn about riddles. ● Try some riddles. ● Complete a matching riddle activity. ● Choose from “Writing Choice Board Activities. ” OR ● Write some riddles then read them to someone to see if the riddles can be answered.

Who Am I? (Same Answer to Both Riddles) I’m sometimes a baby but I don’t cry Buying this vegetable Doesn’t cost much money I can be a type of cake but I’m not chocolate It is the favorite food I’m a vegetable but I’m not broccoli Of the great Bugs Bunny I can be peeled but I’m not a potato I’m orange but I’m not a pumpkin I can be found on a snowman but I’m not a scarf

Meet the Veggies Tomato (Tomate): I'm round and red and juicy, too. Chop me for a salad or dump me in your stew! Lettuce (Lechuga): Hey! If a salad you are fixing, choose fresh leaves of green. Wash me oh so carefully, to make me extra clean.

Meet the Veggies Carrot (Zanahoria): Orange is my color; I stand long and lean. In the garden you'll not see me, just my feathery leaves of green. Pea (Guisante): I live in a pod with so many others. I think I was born with one hundred brothers!

Broccoli (Brócoli): My stalk looks like the trunk of a tree, and my top like the leaves. You can eat me either cooked or raw; just enjoy me, if you please. Cauliflower (Coliflor): I am made up of white flowers which you can break off and eat. I'm sometimes served raw, a nutritious and healthy treat!

Celery (Apio): Rinse and cut my stalks, then spread on low-fat cream cheese. A refreshing crunch you’ll hear, that makes snacking a breeze! Onion (Cebolla): Chop, slice, and dice me, but keep some water near. I sometimes get quite juicy and can bring on many a tear!

Brussel Sprout (Coles de Bruselas): I look like a baby cabbage, rather cute when served on a plate. I'm just a tiny mouthful. You can easily eat six or eight! Green Beans (Judías Verdes): Look in the garden; you'll see me hanging from a vine. Then bring out your basket, because now it's picking time! We are some of the veggies you should eat every day! Try us. You’ll like us. We're really as good as we say!

Exploring Riddles

What are riddles? ● Riddles are questions or statements that offer a puzzle to be solved. ● They often involve critical thinking to figure out the answer. ● They can be challenging and entertaining.

Analyzing How to Solve a Riddle I am grown underground But have skin and eyes I can be eaten mashed Roasted or as fries Who am I?

Analyzing How to Solve a Riddle I am grown underground (What vegetables do you know that are grown underground? ) beets, turnips, rutabagas, potatoes, carrots, onions, jicama, radishes, sweet potatoes

Analyzing How to Solve a Riddle I am grown underground But have skin and eyes (What vegetables do you know that have skin and eyes? ) All vegetables I said have skin, but only 1 has eyes.

Analyzing How to Solve a Riddle I am grown underground But have skin and eyes I can be eaten mashed Roasted or as fries (What vegetable do you know that can be eaten mashed, roasted, and as fries? ) Who am I?

Check My Answer to the Riddle I am grown underground But have skin and eyes I can be eaten mashed Roasted or as fries Who am I?

Riddles to Try from “Meet the Veggies” Riddle #1 I live in a pod with so many others. Riddle #2 Chop, slice, and dice me, but keep some water near. I think I was born with one hundred brothers! I sometimes get quite juicy and can bring on many a tear! Who am I?

Who Am I? My stalk looks like the trunk of a tree and my top like the leaves. You can eat me either cooked or raw; just enjoy me if you please. Look in the garden; you'll see me hanging from a vine. Then bring out your basket, because now it's picking time! I look like a baby cabbage, rather cute when served on a plate. I'm just a tiny mouthful. You can easily eat six or eight!

Directions for Using Riddle Cards ● Cut apart the “Vegetable Riddle Cards” and the “Vegetable Picture Cards. ” ● Now match each “Vegetable Riddle Card” with the correct “Vegetable Picture Card. ” ● Have someone check your work.

Writing Choice Board Choose one for your writing today. OR Write some riddles and try them with someone.

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