Plants: Supplemental Guide 3A | The Life Cycle of a Plant 77
TThe Life Cycle of a Planthe Life Cycle of a Plant 3 A
Day 1 of 2
At a Glance (Parts A & B) Exercise Materials Minutes
Introducing the Read-Aloud
What Have We Learned? Response Card 1
15
Introducing “The Life Cycle of a
Plant”
Vocabulary Preview: seed, sprout
Purpose for Listening
Presenting the Read-Aloud The Life Cycle of a Plant Different kinds of seeds; ruler or yardstick^10
Discussing the Read-Aloud Comprehension Questions Instructional Master 3A-1^10
Complete Remainder of the Lesson Later in the Day
Extensions
Syntactic Awareness Activity:
Expanding Simple Sentences
15
Vocabulary Instructional Activity:
Cycle
Vocabulary Instructional Activity:
Mature
End-of-Lesson Check-In
Advance Preparation
For Presenting the Read-Aloud, bring in several different kinds of seeds
to show students and to help them understand that different seeds grow
into different plants, something they will learn in Lesson 7.
Prepare a copy of Instructional Master 3A-1 for each student. Refer
to it as Response Card 2 (Life Cycle of a Plant). Students can use this
Response Card for discussion, review, and to answer questions.
Note to Teacher
The concept of cycle is presented in Introducing the Read-Aloud using
the daily cycle of familiar routines (e.g., wake, wash, eat breakfast,
go to school, etc.). It is important to help students understand that a
cycle is something that happens over and over again. Having a good
understanding of what a cycle is will help them understand the life cycle