- science notebooks
- bean
- next
- plant
- seed
MA Standards:
Literature/RL.PK.MA.1: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about a story or a poem read aloud.
Literature/RL.PK.MA.9: With prompting and support, make connections between a story or poem and one’s own experiences.
Literature/RL.PK.MA.10: Listen actively as an individual and as a member of a group to a variety of age-appropriate literature read aloud.
Literature/RL.PK.MA.2: With prompting and support, retell a sequence of events from a story read aloud.
Head Start Outcomes:
Literacy Knowledge/Book Appreciation and Knowledge: Asks and answers questions and makes comments about print materials.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 6: Listen to a wide variety of age appropriate literature read aloud.
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 10: Engage actively in read-aloud activities by asking questions, offering ideas, predicting or retelling important parts of a story or informational book.
Read Together: One Bean #2
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STEM Key Concepts: There are many different types of plants and seeds; Some plants grow from seeds; Some plants grow from bulbs; Different plants grow from different seeds and bulbs
ELA Focus Skills: Compare and Contrast, Interpreting Illustrations, Make Connections, Sequencing, Story Comprehension, Vocabulary
Before You Read
Display the book One Bean by Anne Rockwell and tell children you are going to read it again. Point to the words in the title as children read it along with you. Repeat the name of the author and illustrator.
Set a reading focus for children by having them notice the steps the boy takes to plant his seed. Explain that when you finish reading, you will ask children to tell the steps the boy followed.
As You Read
Read slowly and with expression. Track the text so children can “read” along with you. Pause to allow children to compare what they see in the illustrations to the changes their own plants are going through.
After You Read
Encourage children to make a text-to-self connection. Ask,
- How is this story similar to our explorations with bean seeds?
- What is one step you took with your bean seeds that is similar to what the boy in the book did while planting his seeds?
- What do you think will happen to your bean seeds next?
Encourage children to turn to pages in the book as they make comparisons to the steps they took in their own explorations.
At this point, you may want to have children check their beans to see if any changes have occurred. If so, have them record the changes.