Kindergarden - Plants

Plants: Supplemental Guide 1B |Introduction to Plants 29

Extensions 15 minutes

 Multiple Meaning Word Activity

Sentence in Context: Plant

Note: You may choose to have students hold up one, two, or three

fingers to indicate which image shows the meaning being described

or have a student walk up to the poster and point to the image being

described.

1. [Show Poster 1M (Plants).] In the read-aloud you heard, “There are
   many different kinds of people, animals, and plants that live in our
   world.” Here plant means a living thing that has leaves and roots.
   Which picture shows this?
   
   
   • one
   
   
   
   


2. Plant can also mean other things. Plant means to put seeds into the
   ground. Which picture shows this?
   
   
   • two
   
   
   
   


3. Plant can also mean a place or factory where people make things.
   Which picture shows this?
   
   
   • three
   
   
   
   


4. Now with your partner, make a sentence for each meaning of plant.
   Try to use complete sentences. I will call on some of you to share your
   sentences.

 Syntactic Awareness Activity

Simple Sentences with the Plural /s/, /z/, or /es/

Materials: Pictures or realia of different kinds of plants

Directions: When we want to show that there is more than one thing,

we will use an /s/ at the end of most nouns. Remember, nouns can be

people, places, animals, or things.

[If necessary, review what nouns are before continuing this activity.]

I will show you several things related to plants. If I show only one plant,

hold up one finger and name that plant, for example, “one dandelion.” If

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