Kindergarden - Plants

Plants: Supplemental Guide 3 | The Life Cycle of a Plant 73

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 Lesson Objectives

Core Content Objectives

Students will:

 Explain that seeds are the beginning of new plants

 Explain the basic life cycle of plants

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 “The Life Cycle of Plants” (RI.K.2)

 With prompting and support, describe the connection between the

parts of a plant and their development in the life cycle of a plant

(RI.K.3)

 With prompting and support, describe illustrations, such as a picture

of different seeds, the phases of germination, and the life cycle of a

sunflower, to check and support comprehension (RI.K.7)

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

“Plant Parts” to show the importance of basic plant parts; that state

the conditions plants need to germinate; and that show why decayed

plants are good for the soil (RI.K.8)

 With prompting and support, compare and contrast similarities and

differences between a seedling and a sunflower (RI.K.9)

 Use a combination of drawing and dictating or labeling to present

information learned from “The Life Cycle of a Plant” (W.K.2)