68 Plants: Supplemental Guide 2C | Plant Parts
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.
Show image 2A-1: Sunflower- Literal Point to the roots, stem, flower, leaves, and seeds.
[You may wish to have students point to the plant parts on Response
Card 1. Have different students point to the different parts of the plant.] - Inferential Trace the path of water and nutrients from the soil to the
roots, through the stems, and finally to the leaves and flower.
[Call on student volunteers to show the path of water and nutrients
through the plant, or have students use Response Card 1 to explain the
path to their partner. Encourage students to use core vocabulary—roots,
stems, leaves, and flower, as well as temporal words—first, next, and
finally.] - Literal What part of the plant does the plant use to make its food?
- The plant uses its leaves to make food.
- Inferential What would happen if a plant didn’t have leaves?
- If the plant didn’t have leaves, it might not be able to make food for itself.
Show image 2A-6: Leaves in sunlight
- If the plant didn’t have leaves, it might not be able to make food for itself.
- Inferential Use this image to tell what happens during photosynthesis.
Talk about the part of the plant where photosynthesis takes place and
what the plant uses to make food.
[You may wish to have students explain to their partner and then call on a
volunteer to answer.]
- During photosynthesis, water, nutrients, air, and light come together in
the plant’s leaves to help the plant make food for itself.