Kindergarden - Plants

Plants: Supplemental Guide 3A | The Life Cycle of a Plant 77

TThe Life Cycle of a Planthe Life Cycle of a Plant 3 A

Day 1 of 2

At a Glance (Parts A & B) Exercise Materials Minutes

Introducing the Read-Aloud

What Have We Learned? Response Card 1

15

Introducing “The Life Cycle of a

Plant”

Vocabulary Preview: seed, sprout

Purpose for Listening

Presenting the Read-Aloud The Life Cycle of a Plant Different kinds of seeds; ruler or yardstick^10

Discussing the Read-Aloud Comprehension Questions Instructional Master 3A-1^10

 Complete Remainder of the Lesson Later in the Day

Extensions

Syntactic Awareness Activity:

Expanding Simple Sentences

15

Vocabulary Instructional Activity:

Cycle

Vocabulary Instructional Activity:

Mature

End-of-Lesson Check-In

Advance Preparation

For Presenting the Read-Aloud, bring in several different kinds of seeds

to show students and to help them understand that different seeds grow

into different plants, something they will learn in Lesson 7.

Prepare a copy of Instructional Master 3A-1 for each student. Refer

to it as Response Card 2 (Life Cycle of a Plant). Students can use this

Response Card for discussion, review, and to answer questions.

Note to Teacher

The concept of cycle is presented in Introducing the Read-Aloud using

the daily cycle of familiar routines (e.g., wake, wash, eat breakfast,

go to school, etc.). It is important to help students understand that a

cycle is something that happens over and over again. Having a good

understanding of what a cycle is will help them understand the life cycle