92 Plants: Supplemental Guide 3C | The Life Cycle of a Plant
Reviewing the Read-Aloud 10 minutes
What Have We Learned?
- Ask students the following questions to review content from the
lesson:- What are the beginning of new plants?
- Seeds are the beginning of new plants.
- Which plant has a longer life cycle, a sunflower or an oak tree?
- An oak tree has a longer life cycle.
Songs and Chants
- Remind students that they heard about the life cycle of two types of
plants—a sunflower and an oak tree. - Use the Songs and Chants for The Life Cycle of a Plant to review the
life cycles of a sunflower and a tree. This song can be sung to the
tune of “I’m a Little Teapot.”
Note: Prior to singing, you may choose to have students come up
with motions to represent the different stages in the life cycle of a
plant.
Life Cycle of a Plant
Show image 3A-11: Life cycle of a sunflower
Here’s a plant’s life cycle,
First is the seed.
Out germinates a seedling,
More nutrients it needs
To grow to an adult plant
That makes more seeds,
So new plants grow eventually.
Show image 3A-5: Acorn and oak
Here’s a tree’s life cycle,
First is the seed.
Out germinates a seedling,