Non-Fiction+Literacy+Lesson+(How+a+Seed+Grows)


 * **Grade Level:** 1st Grade || **Time Required:** 45-60 minutes ||
 * **Materials:**
 * //How a Seed Grows// by Helene J. Jordan Illustrated by Loretta Krupinski
 * Notecards with vocabulary words written on them
 * Glue
 * Worksheets
 * From a seed to a plant grid sheet
 * From a seed to a plant pictures ||
 * **Objectives:**
 * Students are able to understand the concept of:
 * What three things do seeds need to grow?
 * Soil
 * Water
 * Sun
 * Students understand the growth stages of a seed:
 * Digging the hole in the soil, planting the seed, giving it water and sunlight, starts to grow, grow, until it is a full grown plant, tree, fruit etc.
 * //GLEC Standards//:
 * **R.IT.01.02** discuss informational text patterns including descriptive, sequential, and enumerative.
 * **R.CM.01.02** retell in sequence up to three important ideas and details of familiar simple oral and written text. ||
 * **Anticipatory Set:**
 * Introduce myself to the students
 * Today we are going to learn about how a seed grows. I want you to listen really hard to the story, because we are going to have an activity to complete after I am done reading and you are going to have to remember some information from the book.
 * I want you all to remember what three things help a plant grow?
 * Also, what are the stages from a seed to a plant?
 * I also would like to introduce you to four new vocabulary words that I would like us to look for throughout the book. Can anyone tell me what these words might mean?
 * **Soaks**: something in liquid for a period of time
 * **Skin**: a thin but protective layer closely surrounding the seed
 * **Roots**: the part of a plant that has no leaves or buds and usually spreads underground, anchoring the plant and absorbing water and nutrients from the soil
 * **Shoots**: a newly grown part of a plant. Such as a leaf bud or branch
 * Have you ever planted something? Share with the person next to you what it was. Put your thumbs up when you are done sharing. Have a few students share.
 * What things did you have to give the seed, in order for the seed to grow?
 * Let’s see how this little girl helps a seed grow. ||
 * **Input/Modeling:**
 * I am going to read you a story about a little girl planting a seed and watching it grow into a plant.
 * First, do a walkthrough of the pictures with the students and discuss what they see.
 * Let’s look through the pictures in the book and see if we can figure out what the story might be about.
 * What do you think the kids are doing with the egg shells and the carton?
 * Why are they putting the container on the windowsill?
 * What might they be doing with a shovel, watering can, and a plant in a container?
 * Second, read the story asking them questions along the way. As well as pointing out the important vocabulary words.
 * Who do you think planted this tree?
 * Why do you think they have a magnifying glass out and are looking at the seed?
 * Are there different types of seeds? What are they?
 * Why do you think you have to have a hole in the bottom of a planting pot?
 * What do you first need to do with a seed to start the growing process?
 * Once the growing process has started what do you need to continue to do with the seed in order for it to grow?
 * After Reading:
 * If you have ever planted something that has gotten brown and did not grow anymore? Why do you think this happened?
 * What were some things that everyone noticed about the way that they planted the seed?
 * Is there anything you wondered about? Why they might have done something?
 * Is there a part of the story that you really enjoyed?
 * Have you ever had an experience like this one, with planting a seed and seeing it grow into a plant? Did you do anything different then the people in the book when you planted your seed? ||
 * **Check for Understanding:**
 * Ask the students what the first thing is that we are going to do in the lesson for the day?
 * Look through the pictures to see if we can determine what the story is about.
 * The second step
 * Read the story looking for our four vocabulary words, as well as, the stages of how a seed grows, and what three things a seed needs to grow.
 * The third step
 * The grid worksheet with each stage of the growth process. ||
 * **Guided Practice/Modeling:**
 * 1) What are the three things a seed needs to grow?
 * 2) See if any of the students can give you each of the individual steps of how a seed grows from a seed to a mature flower.
 * 3) Show the students the model that I made of the activity. Explain to them that they will be making the same type of one that they will be able to take home at the end of the day.
 * 4) Explain to them the steps of the activity:
 * Take the pieces that I gave you in the paper clip and spread them out in front of you.
 * See if you can put the steps in order, from digging the dirt to the grown flower.
 * Check to see if everyone has the same order
 * Hand out the grid worksheet
 * Then proceed to glue each individual square into the appropriate stage
 * Once the students have them all glued down, have the students in pairs explain the stages to one another. If time allows have one student share again with the whole group.
 * 1) Restate anything that the students either did not pick up on or did not understand fully. ||
 * **Assessment:**
 * Students are able to put the stages in order and then explain to their peers what is actually happening within the stages. As well as, answer the lesson objective questions.
 * What three things do seeds need to grow?
 * Soil
 * Water
 * Sun
 * Able to retell the growth stages of a seed:
 * Digging the hole in the soil, planting the seed, giving it water and sunlight, starts to grow, grow, until it is a full grown plant, tree, fruit etc. ||
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