Lesson 1 Plants Life Cycle

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Title Living and non-living

Teacher(s) Manar Karaja
E-mail [email protected]
School Timber Ridge Elementary
Lesson Title Lesson 1: What is a plant and what is a plant life cycle?
Grade Level Pre-K special Concepts(s) Targeted Understand that living things
needs have a life cycle
Performance Expectation Four-year-olds can use their rapidly developing vocabulary and
experiences to discuss plants, animals and their needs.
Science & Engineering Disciplinary Core Ideas Crosscutting Concept

Practice (Content)
Planning and carrying out Identify plants Patterns:

investigations Patterns in the natural
Identify life cycle of plants world
Identify needs of plants
Georgia Performance Standards

SC3.4a Observes, explores and describes a variety of animals and plants. Describes their basic
needs and life cycles.
Safety Considerations Do not eat the seeds. When planting be careful not to fling the dirt into
peers around you. If there is a water spill on the floor make sure that you wipe it off immediately
to prevent slipping.
The Learning Plan
Assessment questions:
1. What is a plant and what is an animal?

2. What is the life cycle of a plant?
3. What do plants need to live and grow?
Create a sheet using Boardmaker CD with 10 pictures (5 animals and 5 plants).

With a dauber, students will mark all the plants.
Give students pictures of seed life cycle and ask them to sequence them.
Assessments will be done in groups of two for high functioning students and one-
on-one for low functioning students.
For high functioning students, I will give the verbal direction to color and
sequence. For lower functioning students, I will model the activities first.
ENGAGE:
A week before the start of the lesson, bring a variety of indoor plants (Aloe, Heart-Leaf
Philodendron, Pothos, or Spider Plant), and place them next to a window. If you do not
have a window in your room add plant lights.
Create a Plant Helper job and every day pick a different student to perform this job. The
responsibility of the Plant Helper is to water the plants, turn on the plant light at the end
of the school day, and give a report to the class on how the plants are doing, for example,
the dirt was dry and the plants needed watering.
EXPLORE:
In whole group, tell the students that they are going to plant their own plants.
Show them the steps of planting in visuals first on the smartboard.
Model the steps of planning by planting seeds in front of them.
Talk about safety procedures mentioned above.
Break students into three groups and send them to work with a teacher to plant their
seeds. There will be visuals at each station with steps of planting numbered (add dirt, add
seed, add dirt, water).
After planting, the students will draw a picture of their seeds in the dirt using My Plant
Observation sheet.
Students will come back to circle. Teacher explains that the students will observe what
will happen to their seeds and document. Teacher will ask what do you think the plants
will need to grow? (water and sun) Where should we put the seeds? (window for sun).
Every two days and in small group, students will check on their plants and draw a picture
of their observation.
Students will check on their plants and water when needed. Discuss how much water to
add? How do you know if the plant needs water?
EXPLAIN:
In whole group, ask the students about their seeds and what happened to them? What are
you doing to make sure that your seed is growing?
Read How a Seed Grows by Helen Jordan. Simplify the book by reducing the number of
sentences to read in every page to just the most important facts. To help me remember, I
write down the sentences I want to read on a paint tape and add it to the page. I will skip
the part about planting in egg shells and just focus on stating the facts about the growth of
the seed and the changes happening.
On the smartboard, I will have pictures of things that plants need to grow (sun/light,
water, and food).
EXTEND:
Students will create a seed life cycle art.
Material per student: 2 paper plates with one quarter of one plate cutout, prong,
crayons/markers.
When done with their visual representation of the life cycle, they will present it to the
class through using Sock puppet App.
EVALUATE:
Give students pictures of seed life cycle and ask them to sequence them.
For higher functioning students, they will put pictures (seed, roots, stem, and flower)
together to make a plant to assess naming parts of a plant.
What do plants need to grow? This question will be in a visual form and students will
draw their answers.
Closing:
Ask students to think about animals and how they are similar or different to plants. Do
they also have a life cycle? How about rocks or toys? What is the difference between
rocks and plants?
Lesson 1: What is a plant and what is a plant life cycle?

Lesson Logistics/Materials:
Material:
Boardmaker CD
Variety of plants
Planting activity: clear cups/tubes, bean seeds, dirt, small shovels, water, butcher paper to
put on tables for easy cleaning.
Steps of planting numbered (add dirt, add seed, add dirt, water) for every station.
Seed observation sheets
Material for art project
Logistics:
There are between 6-9 students in the classroom depending on the day the lesson is
presented. There are three community-based students who attend my classroom 2
days/week only. These days differ from one student to another based on their needs and
the therapist they see.
Grouping: Each group will have one high functioning student with one low functioning
student. The high functioning student will be a role model and the teacher will have more
time to support the low functioning student.
Documentation of Resources
I did not use any resources for this lesson. I created it based on what I wanted to teach
using the 5-Es.
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K5 Science Endorsement GPS Lesson Plan

Title Living and non-living

Science & Engineering Disciplinary Core Ideas Crosscutting Concept

Planning and carrying out Identify plants Patterns:

Identify needs of plants

Georgia Performance Standards

1. What is a plant and what is an animal?

Create a sheet using Boardmaker CD with 10 pictures (5 animals and 5 plants).

Lesson 1: What is a plant and what is a plant life cycle?

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