- “Plants All Around” chart
- plant
MA Standards:
English Language Arts/Literature/RL.PK.MA.1: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about a story or a poem read aloud.
English Language Arts/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 2
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STEM Key Concepts: There are many different types of plants and seeds; Some plants start from seeds; Some plants start from bulbs; All plants are similar and different in some ways
ELA Focus Skills: Book Appreciation (Genre: Nonfiction), Listening and Speaking, Vocabulary
Choose a favorite book about plants. Have children make connections to the book by asking questions such as,
- How are the plants in this book like the plants you have been exploring? How are they different?
- How was this book like the other books we read this week, Jack’s Garden and The Flower Garden?
- Did you notice anything in the book that you observed this week in your plants?
Have children discuss what they learned from the book. Record any new ideas on the “Plants All Around” chart. Ask children,
- What did you read about in this book that you already knew?
- What new information did you find out about plants from listening to this book?