150 Plants: Supplemental Guide 7 | Plants and People
At a Glance Exercise Materials Minutes
Introducing the Read-Aloud
My Plant Pages example of a completed Plant Page
15
Introducing “Plants and People”
pictures/realia of living and
nonliving things;
edible plant parts (see chart
below)
Vocabular y Preview:
Oxygen, Provide
Purpose for Listening
Presenting the Read-Aloud Plants and People Response Card 1^10
Discussing the Read-Aloud Comprehension Questions Image Cards 2–12^10
Stop! Complete Remainder of the Lesson Later in the Day
Extensions
Multiple Meaning Word Activity:
Pit Poster 3M (Pit)
15
Syntactic Awareness Activity:
Making Compound Sentences
Using and
Vocabulary Instructional
Activity: Scrumptious
drawing paper, drawing tools;
pictures of food; glue or tape;
scissors (optional)
End-of-Lesson Check-In
Chart of Common Edible Plant Parts
Roots Stems Leaves Seeds Flowers Fruits
potato
carrot
beet
radish
turnip
celery
sugar cane
asparagus
lettuce
cabbage
spinach
parsley
basil
wheat
corn
rice
beans
oats
barley
cauliflower
broccoli
apple
tomato
orange
Advance Preparation
Have an example of a completed Plant Page for Lesson 6 available for
students to reference.
For Introducing “Plants and People,” prepare images and/or realia of
different edible plant parts. Refer to the chart above for ideas of various
items you may choose to share with your students. You may wish to let
students sample some of these plant parts.