136 Plants: Supplemental Guide 6A | Evergreen Trees
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6 A
Introducing the Read-Aloud 15 minutes
My Plants Pages
- Give students their My Plants Pages booklet.
- Show students an example of a completed Plants Page for Lesson 5.
- Have them turn to the next blank page and write the number “5” on
the bottom corner. Tell students to draw something they learned
about deciduous trees. Alternatively, you may choose to have
students go outdoors and find leaves from deciduous trees and tape
them onto their Plant Page. - Choose a few students to dictate what they have drawn. Be sure to
repeat back to them what you have written on their paper.
➶ Above and Beyond: If they are able, students may label their
drawing. - 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 “Evergreen Trees”
Show image 9A-1: Winter forest- Ask students: “What are the two main types of trees?”
- The two main types of trees are evergreen and deciduous trees.
- Point to each type of tree in the picture and have students identify
whether it is an evergreen or deciduous tree. - Say to students: “Tell your partner how evergreen trees and
deciduous trees are different.” Allow fifteen seconds for students to
talk. Call on two volunteers to share their answers. - Remind students that deciduous trees lose their leaves for part of the
year.