Slide 1

VocabularyABCDAppleBerryBud CropDigEFGHEarthFlowerFruitGreenGrowHoneyIJKLLeavesLive

MNOPQMossPetalPlantPollen

RSTUVRootSeedStemSunTreeWXYZWaterStudents will write a sentence with each word and illustrate the definition of the word.Word Wall1

Resources

Non Fiction

Colin Walker(1992) Seeds Grow. Bothell, WA. The Wright group.Chris Oxlade(1998) Flowering Plants. New York:Childrens PressFranklin Watts(1999) Plant Life. Danbury Ct: GrolierCarol Lerner(1989) Plant Families. New York: Morrow Junior Books.

Fiction

Eric Carle.(1987) The Tiny Seed, Saxonville, MA: Picture Book StudioMoira Butterfield.(1992) Flower. New York: Simon &SchusterJanet Riehecky.(1990) What plants Give us The Gift Of Life. Chicago, IL: Children's PressJane Belk Moncure(1990) What plants need The Rabbit who knew. Chicago, Il: Children's Press2

ReadingStudents will be allowed to choose a book that is about plants and read it silently for 20min after math.Students will partner up and read with their partners for 15min.3

Literacy Skills and StrategiesMake Posters of new words learnedWrite in our entries in our plant journalsMake an alphabet book using the new words we have learned during out plant unit. Interactive WritingTime frame of our seeds to grow into plants.How Plants grow ? Why we need plants

Object and Word SortsTypes of plants Food from plants Animals that eat plantsLanguage Experience ApproachDraw a picture about a family of plants and write a sentence describing it. Writing4

ProjectsPlant a seed in a cup and water it each day and see how long it takes to grow into a plant.Create a Poem about FlowersDraw a picture of what the seed may grow into to

5

Field Trips

Visit the Dallas arboretumVisit the green house at TWU6

7

8