Plants: Supplemental Guide 1 |Introduction to Plants 15
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Lesson Objectives
Core Content Objectives
Students will:
Distinguish between living and nonliving things
Explain that plants are living things
Describe what plants need to live and grow: food, water, air, and light
Explain that different kinds of plants grow in different environments
Language Arts Objectives
The following language arts objectives are addressed in this lesson.
Objectives aligning with the Common Core State Standards are noted
with the corresponding standard in parentheses. Refer to the Alignment
Chart for additional standards addressed in all lessons in this domain.
Students will:
With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key
details from “Introduction to Plants” (RI.K.2)
With prompting and support, describe the connection between
living things and their needs, and describe the connections between
different plants and the environment in which they live (RI.K.3)
With prompting and support, describe illustrations about living things
and different plants in “Introduction to Plants,” to check and support
comprehension of the read-aloud (RI.K.7)
With prompting and support, identify the reasons or facts given in the
read-aloud to show that living things and plants have needs and that
different plants survive in different environments (RI.K.8)
With prompting and support, compare and contrast similarities and
differences between cactus and houseplants and between people,
animals, and plants based on the information heard in “Introduction to
Plants” (RI.K.9)