Plants: Supplemental Guide 5A | Deciduous Trees 127 Show image 8A-7: Apple tree in the four seasons
Here is an apple tree in four seasons.[Have students clap out the four syllables of dih-SIJ-oo-uhs as you say them.
Then say each season with a clap: winter, spring, summer, fall.]
[Invite a student to point to the apple tree in the winter.]
In the winter, you can play in the snow under its bare branches.[Invite a student to point to the apple tree in the spring.]
In the spring, you can see its white blossoms.[Invite a student to point to the apple tree in the summer.]
In the summer, you can climb its branches, sit under the shade of
its large green leaves, and see the apples as they grow out of the
blossoms.[Invite a student to point to the apple tree in the fall.]
In the fall, you can pick the apple tree’s fruit and watch its leaves
change colors before falling off.Tell your partner what the apple tree looks like in each season.[This can also be done with home language peers. Allow one minute for
students to talk.]Discussing the Read-Aloud 10 minutes
Comprehension Questions
If students have difficulty responding to questions, reread pertinent lines
of the read-aloud and/or refer to specific images. If students give one-
word answers and/or fail to use read-aloud or domain vocabulary in their
responses, acknowledge correct responses by expanding the students’
responses using richer and more complex language. Encourage students
to answer in complete sentences. Model answers using complete
sentences for students.- Inferential What is the main topic, or main idea, of today’s lesson?
- The main topic of today’s lesson is deciduous trees.
- Literal What are deciduous trees?
- Deciduous trees lose their leaves for part of the year.