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The Field That Would Not Grow
A story about waiting, told by someone who could not
A KICD Grade 4 story for the sub strand Reading Fluency. 305 words, the length the design asks for at this grade.
The opening pages
Page 1
Kamau’s grandmother had farmed the same field for fifty years. Every season she planted, and every season she harvested, and she had never once owned a tractor or wanted one.
Read the whole book
The remaining 9 pages of this story, and every book on the shelf, in English and Kiswahili.
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- farm
- farmer
- field
- plant
- harvest
- pests
- fertilizer
- factory
- tractor
- plough
- indigenous
- shed
Think about it
- Why did Grandmother refuse the bag of fertilizer?
- What is the difference between what soil has lost and what it has forgotten?
- Why did she keep the short cobs nobody would buy?
KICD
| Subject | English Language |
| Grade | 4 |
| Strand | Reading |
| Sub strand | Reading Fluency |
| Theme | THEME 8.0: THE FARM |
| Length | 305 words |
| Outcome | read a text of about 300 words accurately, at the right speed and with expression |
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