Kindergarden - Plants

Plants: Supplemental Guide 6A | Evergreen Trees 141

 Show image 9A-8: Pine branch and oak branch

Remember, most trees are either evergreen trees or deciduous trees.

Next time you see a tree, try to figure out whether it is an evergreen

or a deciduous tree. The leaves may give you your first clue.

[Hold up the leaves and needles you have prepared one at a time.]

Is this leaf from a deciduous tree or evergreen tree?

[You may choose to have students stand up if it is leaf from a deciduous tree

and stay seated if it is leaf from an evergreen tree.]

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. Encourage students to

answer in complete sentences. Model answers using complete sentences

for students.

1. Inferential What is the main topic, or main idea, of today’s lesson?
   
   
   • The main topic of today’s lesson is evergreen trees.
   
   
   
   


2. Literal What are evergreen trees?
   
   
   • Evergreen trees are trees that stay green all year around.
   
   
   
   


3. Literal What are the leaves of an evergreen tree called?
   
   
   • Leaves of an evergreen tree are called needles.
   
   
   
   


4. Inferential Why are the needles of an evergreen tree important?
   
   
   • The needles are important because photosynthesis takes place in the
     needles.
   
   
   
   


5. Literal What do evergreen trees produce that contain the seeds?
   
   
   • Evergreen trees produce cones.
   
   
   
   


6. Evaluative Tell your partner about the life cycle of an evergreen tree.
   Use the words seed, seedling, sapling, mature tree, and cones.
   [If necessary, guide the class through the life cycle of a pine tree. You may have
   students crouch down and pretend that they are a seed, then have them slowly
   stand up straight as they become a seedling, sapling, and mature tree.]
   [Please continue to model the Think Pair Share process for students, as
   necessary, and scaffold students in their use of the process.]