104 Cycles in Nature: Supplemental Guide | Pausing Point
Defi ne the term life cycle
Identify the stages of the life cycle of a fl owering plant (seed to
seed)
Identify the stages of the life cycle of a tree (seed to seed)
Demonstrate familiarity with the poem “Bed in Summer”
Demonstrate familiarity with the poem “Bee! I’m expecting you!”Student Performance Task Assessment
Numbering Stages in the Life Cycle of a Sunfl ower or the Life
Cycle of an Apple Tree (Instructional Master PP-1 or PP-2)
Note: You may wish to have students complete one or both of the
worksheets.
Have students identify which life cycle the images on their
worksheet represent. Tell students to number the stages in the life
cycle, beginning with the number “1” for the stage of the seed.
After students have fi nished numbering the stages of the life cycle,
have them complete the sentence: The life cycle of a sunfl ower/
an apple tree begins with a. On the lines underneath,
have students write a sentence about something interesting they
learned about that life cycle.Activities
Image Card Review
Materials: Image Cards 1–9
In your hand, hold Image Cards 1–9 fanned out like a deck of cards.
Ask a student to choose a card but to not show it to anyone else in
the class. The student must then perform an action or give a clue
about the picture s/he is holding. For example, for a sprouting seed,
a student may pretend to be very small and gradually grow taller.
The rest of the class will guess what is being described. Proceed to
another card when the correct answer has been given.