- leaves
- plant
- root
- stem
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 3
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ELA Focus Skills: Listening and Speaking, Compare and Contrast Vocabulary
Choose a favorite book about plants or a book from the recommended list. You may want to choose a nonfiction book for this activity.
- Do a picture walk and ask children to identify plants they know.
- Point to parts of plants and ask them to name the parts.
- Encourage them to use the terms roots, leaves, and stems in their responses.