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SEEDS

SEEDS. Literature Focus Unit EDU 315 Nicole McCrory. Literature Selection. The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle The Lorax by Dr. Suess From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons Seeds by Ken Robbins How a Seed Grows by Helene J. Jordan, Loretta Krupinski (Illustrator)

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SEEDS

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  1. SEEDS Literature Focus Unit EDU 315 Nicole McCrory

  2. Literature Selection • The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle • The Lorax by Dr. Suess • From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons • Seeds by Ken Robbins • How a Seed Grows by Helene J. Jordan, Loretta Krupinski (Illustrator) • The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland, Tatsuro Kiuchi (Illustrator) • A Seed is Sleeping by Dianna Hutts Aston, Sylvia Long (Illustrator) • Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin, Pie by Jill Esbaum • What Are Seeds? by Molly Aloian • The Life Cycle of a Tree by Bobbie Kalman; Kathryn Smithyman;BarbaraBedell • Oh Say, Can You Seed? All About Flowering Plants by Bonnie Worth; illustrator Aristides Ruiz • What Do Roots Do? by Kathleen Kudlinski; illustrator David Schuppert • To Be Like the Sun by Susan Marie Swanson; illustrator Margaret Chodos-Irvine

  3. THEME STUDY • Students will take part in a thematic unit on seeds and plants. This unit will integrate reading, writing with social studies, science, mathematics, art, music, and physical education. • Students will develop an understanding of seed growth and development, plants and seed/plant terminology, optimal growing conditions, and types of seeds.

  4. Language Arts: Reading Activities • Students will read various fiction and non-fiction books and poetry about seeds and plants through silent reading, partner reading, guided reading, and reading aloud. • Students will read their seed stories and poems to the class. • Students will share their seed journals.

  5. Language Arts: Writing Activities • Students will write a letter to someone who lives on a farm. They need to ask detailed questions. • Students will write a What is it Poem. • Students will write a seed to plant poem. • Students will add seed and plant words to the Word Wall. • Students will write a journal on seed growth • Students will create lyrics to a photosynthesis song.

  6. Language Arts: Speaking Activities • The students will use the author’s chair to read their stories and poems aloud. • Students will join in a grand conversation on what seeds they like/dislike and why. • Students will participate in a small group discussion about What Do Roots Do? by Kathleen Kudlinski • Students will participate in a reader’s theatre of To Be Like the Sun by Susan Marie Swanson

  7. Language Arts: Listening Activities • Students will listen to audio versions of seeds and plant literature • Students will listen as the teacher discusses seeds and plants and how they grow and why. They will listen as the teacher shares information about North Dakota seeds. • Students will listen respectfully to their peers as they share their seed stories, poems, and journal entries. • Students will listen to their peers opinions during grand conversations. • Students will listen to photosynthesis song

  8. Language Arts: Viewing Activities • Students will view seed and plant paintings by famous artist. • Students will view photographs of seeds and plants. • Students will take a field trip to a farm to observe seeds and plants and take photographs. • Students will view the word wall. • Students will take a nature walk to observe the plants. • Students will view plant videos (see technology ideas) • Students will view artistically displayed poems.

  9. Language Arts: Visually Representing Activities • Students will take photographs on their field trip. • Students will display their poems in an artistic presentation. • Students will create a seed Word Wall. • Students will view their own plants growing in the classroom. • Students will create seed pattern.

  10. Science Activities • Students will investigate the seed cycle through experiments such as growing their own plant. • Students will view seeds with a microscope. • Students will dissect a seed and label parts • Students will investigate different types of seeds. • Students will research soils and what types develop good plants. • Students will investigate different types of fertilizer

  11. Mathematics Activities • Students will graph the development of their plant. • Students will measure their plant growth. • Students will create patterns using different seeds. • Students will graph results from soil experiment. • Students make diagrams from fertilizer research.

  12. Social Studies Activities • Students will complete a KWL chart about farming seeds. • Students will create a Venn diagram by comparing crops in various parts of the United States. • Students will create a map of ND crops. • A local farmer can visit the classroom • Students will discuss importance of seeds and plants for North Dakota. • Students will investigate different seeds from other countries.

  13. Music and Art Activities • Students will make paper plants. • Students will mount and title photographs taken outdoors. • Students will create an artistic background for their poems. • Students will make instruments using seeds to make music. • Students will make masks using different types of seeds. • Students will listen to photosynthesis song.

  14. Physical Education • Students will play vocab relay. • Students will go on a field trip to a farm. • Students will plant a tree as a class • Students will participate in a seed and plant scavenger hunt with pedometers • Students will plant a garden.

  15. Technology • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1_uez5WX1o • http://www2.bgfl.org/bgfl2/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/science/plants_pt2/ • http://www.growandlearn.org/ • Digital photography • Newspapers • Audiotapes of literature • Magic School Bus: Plants Seeds Video • Way Cool Science: Seeds and Plants By Max Orbit Video • Bill Nye the Science Guy videos

  16. Language Art Strategies • Activating background knowledge: students will think what they already know about seeds and plants. • Brainstorming: students will think of many ideas related to seeds and plants through writing activities. • Predicting and Monitoring: students will predict the plant growth and keep track of plant growth in a journal. • Playing with Language: students will use language creatively through stories, poems, and journals. • Revising: students will make changes to written activities. • Visualizing: students will draw pictures in their minds.

  17. Language Arts Skills • Print: students will recognize words on the Seed Word Wall. • Comprehension: students will recognize literary genres of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. • Language: students will apply various skills in their writing activities: stories, poems. • Reference: students will make venn diagrams, graphs, read newspaper articles

  18. Grouping patterns • Large Group: grand conversations, field trips, nature walk, viewing videos, word wall, Venn diagram, farmer visit. • Small Group: small group discussions, creation of instruments, writing plant journals, mounting and titling plant photographs, identification of ND crops. • Individual: writing stories, poems, letters, journal entries

  19. Assessments • Journal entries and KWL Chart: Rubric • Participation in grand conversations • Analytical Writing Traits Rubrics and peer conferences for stories and poems • Performance assessment of author’s chair, small group science experiments • Math graphs, Venn diagrams, plant journals and Social Studies maps: Checklist • Spelling test with words from the Seed Word Wall • Active participation in physical education and music performances • Portfolio of art work: plants, poetry presentation, and photography

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