Plants: Supplemental Guide | Introduction 5Graphic Organizers and Domain-Wide Activities
Several different organizers and domain-wide activities are included to
aid students in their learning of the content in the Plants domain.
- Songs and Chants for Plants can be used to help students remember
content covered in Lessons 1 through 3. You are encouraged to help
students come up with hand and body motions to go along with the
songs. Some suggestions for motions are provided within the lessons.
The songs can be sung to the familiar tune of “I’m a Little Teapot.” - Response Cards for Plants are included to help students remember
and review basic plant parts (Instructional Master 2A-1) and to help
students visualize and explain the life cycle of a plant (Instructional
Master 3A-1). - My Plants Pages booklet (Instructional Master 1C-1) is an
informational text project that students will be working on throughout
this domain. Students will show their understanding of a lesson on
a designated Plant Page and will present their Plant Pages to their
partner, small group, and/or home language peers. (See Lesson 1C
for details about how to make the booklet.) - “See Through” Planter—At the end of Lesson 2, you may wish to have
students make their own “See Through” Planter and observe their
seeds sprout. Help students keep a daily record of what goes on
within their planter, e.g., Day 1: # of seeds that sprouted.
➶ Above and Beyond: Plant Experiment—You may wish to lead the
class in a plant experiment where seeds are planted in four different
containers. Each group or container of seeds will grow under different
conditions: no sunlight/no water; sunlight/no water; no sunlight/
water; sunlight/water. Keep a class record of what goes on within the
different containers. (For a detailed explanation of this activity, see
Culminating Activities.)