42 Plants: Supplemental Guide 1C | Introduction to Plants
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. If students give one-
word answers and/or fail to use read-aloud or domain vocabulary in their
responses, acknowledge correct responses by expanding the students’
responses using richer and more complex language. Encourage students
to answer in complete sentences. Model answers using complete
sentences for students.- Literal What do plants need to live?
- Plants need food, water, air, and light.
- Inferential What do you think would happen if plants didn’t have food,
water, air, and light?- If plants did not have food, water, air, and light, they would wither and
die.
- If plants did not have food, water, air, and light, they would wither and
- Literal What are some different environments, or places, where plants
live?- Plants live in the forest, desert, underwater, etc.
Show image 1A-5: Desert cactus
- Plants live in the forest, desert, underwater, etc.
Show image 1A-8: House plant- Inferential How are these plants alike and how are they different?
- These plants are alike because they both need food, water, air, and light.
They are different because they live in different environments.
[Please continue to model the Think Pair Share process for students, as
necessary, and scaffold students in their use of the process.]
I am going to ask two questions. I will give you a minute to think about
the questions, and then I will ask you to turn to your partner and discuss
the questions. Finally, I will call on several of you to share what you
discussed with your partner.
- These plants are alike because they both need food, water, air, and light.
Sentence Frames:
Do you think plants make the
world a prettier place? (Yes/No)
I would like to plant...
I would plant because
...
5. Evaluative Think Pair Share: What kind of plant would you like to
plant? Why would you plant plants?
- Answers may vary.