- leaf
- plant
- root
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 8, Week 2
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STEM Key Concepts: Many foods that animals, including humans, eat come from plants; We eat certain leaves, roots, fruits, and seeds
ELA Focus Skills: Listening and Speaking, Vocabulary
Reread The Ugly Vegetables, Chicks and Salsa, or choose a book from the “Recommended Books and Media” list (Unit Overview) to read aloud. Ask children to identify any leaf or root plants they see in the illustrations and talk about whether they are familiar with the plants. Have them use descriptive sensory vocabulary to describe the plants they are familiar with.