Cycles in Nature: Supplemental Guide | Pausing Point 105Sequence Review
Materials: Cycles Posters 1–3; Image Cards 1–9; Response
Cards 2–4
Use Cycles Posters 1–3, Image Cards 1–9, and Response Cards
2–4 to review with students the seasonal cycle, the fl owering plant
life cycle, and the life cycle of a tree. Have students explain and
sequence each stage of the cycles. Remind students that trees
have a sapling stage in their life cycle, unlike the life cycle of a
plant.Domain-Related Trade Book or Student Choice
Materials: Trade book
Read a trade book to review a particular cycle. Refer to the list in
the Introduction. You may also choose to have the students select
a read-aloud to be heard again.Exploring Student Resources
Materials: Domain-related student websites
Pick appropriate websites from the Internet for further exploration
of daytime/nighttime, cycle of the seasons, life cycles of a
fl owering plant, and life cycle of a deciduous tree.Videos of Life Cycles
Materials: Videos of Life Cycles
Carefully peruse the Internet for short (5-minute), age-appropriate
videos related to the life cycles your students have heard.
Prepare some questions related to the content presented in the
videos.
Discuss how watching a video is the same as and different from
listening to a storybook or read-aloud.
Have students ask and answer questions using question words
who, what, when, where, and why regarding what they see in the
videos.