Kindergarden - Plants

Plants: Supplemental Guide 1 |Introduction to Plants 15

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 Lesson Objectives

Core Content Objectives

Students will:

 Distinguish between living and nonliving things

 Explain that plants are living things

 Describe what plants need to live and grow: food, water, air, and light

 Explain that different kinds of plants grow in different environments

Language Arts Objectives

The following language arts objectives are addressed in this lesson.

Objectives aligning with the Common Core State Standards are noted

with the corresponding standard in parentheses. Refer to the Alignment

Chart for additional standards addressed in all lessons in this domain.

Students will:

 With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key

details from “Introduction to Plants” (RI.K.2)

 With prompting and support, describe the connection between

living things and their needs, and describe the connections between

different plants and the environment in which they live (RI.K.3)

 With prompting and support, describe illustrations about living things

and different plants in “Introduction to Plants,” to check and support

comprehension of the read-aloud (RI.K.7)

 With prompting and support, identify the reasons or facts given in the

read-aloud to show that living things and plants have needs and that

different plants survive in different environments (RI.K.8)

 With prompting and support, compare and contrast similarities and

differences between cactus and houseplants and between people,

animals, and plants based on the information heard in “Introduction to

Plants” (RI.K.9)