Plants: Supplemental Guide 5A | Deciduous Trees 123- Have students share their Plant Page with their partner, in small
groups, or with home language peers. Encourage them to comment
on each other’s picture. Then direct students to go back to their
picture and revise it based on your comments or the comments of
their peers.
Introducing “Deciduous Trees”
Show image 8A-1: Winter forest
- Tell students that this is a picture of a forest in the wintertime.
- Remind students that forests are made up of many trees and other
plants. - Ask students: “How do you know it is wintertime?” Call on two
students to answer. - Ask students: “Do you see two different kinds of trees?” Call on two
students to answer. - Explain that there are two types of trees in this picture: deciduous
(dih-SIJ-oo-uhs) and evergreen. Point to each type of tree as you
describe it. - Have students repeat deciduous and evergreen as you point to them
in the picture. - Point to the deciduous tree. Ask students what they notice about this
tree. Tell students that the deciduous trees lose their leaves for part of
the year, usually during the winter. - Point to the evergreen tree. Ask students what they notice about this
tree. Tell students that the evergreen trees in this picture still have
their leaves, even in the winter. A good way to remember these trees
is by the word ever in their name. Ever means always. So an evergreen
tree is always green. - Have students observe the leaves on the trees outside the window. If
it is fall, the leaves on the deciduous trees should be changing color. If
it is close to wintertime, the leaves on the deciduous trees should be
falling.