Kindergarden - Plants

58 Plants: Supplemental Guide 2B | Plant Parts

Extensions 15 minutes

 Multiple Meaning Word Activity

Multiple Choice: Leaves

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 2M (Leaves).] In the read-aloud you heard: “[L]eaves are
   usually green, but they can be other colors too.” Which picture shows
   the leaves of a plant?
   
   
   • one
   
   
   
   


2. Leaves also mean other things. To l e ave means to go away from a
   place. Which picture shows a girl leaving her home?
   
   
   • two
   
   
   
   


3. Leaves also has another meaning. To leave something means to put
   it somewhere and forget about it. Which picture shows someone
   leaving her keys on the table?
   
   
   • three
   
   
   
   


4. Now that we have learned the different meanings for leaves, quiz your
   partner on these different meanings. Use the word leaves when you
   tell about it. For example, you could say, “Weishen leaves her artwork
   at the table instead of putting it on the drying rack.” And your partner
   would respond, “That’s number three.”

 Syntactic Awareness Activity

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

Materials: Pictures or realia of plant parts: seeds, leaves, stems,

and flowers

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

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

places, animals, or things.

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