- "Plants All Around" chart
- 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.
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: Educator’s Choice, Unit 7, Week 1
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ELA Focus Skills: Making Connections, Speaking and Listening, Story Comprehension, Vocabulary
Read a favorite book about plants or seeds. Ask questions such as,
- What was your favorite part of the book? Why did you like it best?
- What did you hear in the story about plants that you already knew?
- What new information did you find out about plants?
- How was the information in this book the same as the information in other books we read this week?
Add any new information children learn from the book to the “Plants All Around” chart.