Day Three - Basic Plant Parts
Objective:
List and label the basic parts to a plant including roots, stem, leaves, flowers, fruit, and seeds.
Materials:
Students' Interactive Notebooks
Plant diagrams (link to printable versions below)
"Roots, Stems, Leaves" by The Banana Slug String Band (link to song below)
Colored paper
Scissors
Colored Pencils/Crayons/Markers
Lesson:
Talk about basic parts of plants. Have a picture or diagram showing a flower with the basic parts (roots, stem, leaves, flowers, fruit, seed) that they can glue in their Interactive Notebook and label (link to one possible option below). Point to each part of a copy on the board and explain what it is and what it does.
Then tell students that you are going to teach them motions and a song to help them remember the different parts. Have students stand up and explain the following motions: Roots=wiggle your toes Stems=Keep arms at your side and wiggle your body Leaves=Put your arms out and shake your hands Flowers=Place your hands on your head in a flower shape Fruit=Twist your hands like you're holding a ball Seeds=Wiggle your fingers as you lower your hands to the ground. Then have students do the motions as they follow along with a song. If you are creative, you can make up a song to go with it or you can use "Roots, Stems, Leaves" by The Banana Slug String Band.
To review have children make a model of the plant parts in a foldable. Let students make a foldable that has two flaps, one taking up about 2/3 of the paper and the other covering only 1/3. Use the bottom flap (which should be the one that is 1/3 of the paper) to cover what is underground and the top flap (the 2/3 flap) to cover what is above ground in plants. Label the outsides of the flaps "Underground" and "Above Ground." Under each flap have students write on the left-hand side an example or two of each plant part. On the right side under the flaps have students draw a picture of a plant (it needs to be a plant that has clearly visible flowers and fruits so it may help to put up a picture of a strawberry plant or something similar for the students to copy) so that the ground is level with the gap in the flaps. Have students label the parts of the plant on their picture. See pictures below for an example.
Differentiation:
There is no real differentiation for this lesson since the foldable will be used as an assessment.
Assessment:
The foldable can be used to get a feel for students' understanding of the plant parts.
Homework:
Sing the chorus of the Roots, Stems, Leaves song to someone at home and show them the motions.
References:
Roots, Stems, Leaves Song Activity
http://www.getbookee.org/get_book.php?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ucHMuZ292L2NhbnkvZm9ydGVhY2hlcnMvdXBsb2FkL0ZpcnN0R3JhZGVfUGxhbnRzLnBkZgpQbGFudHM=
Roots, Stems, Leaves Song
http://bananaslugs.bandcamp.com/track/roots-stems-leaves
Plant Diagram
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/gpe/case1/c1m1app.html
Resources:
List and label the basic parts to a plant including roots, stem, leaves, flowers, fruit, and seeds.
Materials:
Students' Interactive Notebooks
Plant diagrams (link to printable versions below)
"Roots, Stems, Leaves" by The Banana Slug String Band (link to song below)
Colored paper
Scissors
Colored Pencils/Crayons/Markers
Lesson:
Talk about basic parts of plants. Have a picture or diagram showing a flower with the basic parts (roots, stem, leaves, flowers, fruit, seed) that they can glue in their Interactive Notebook and label (link to one possible option below). Point to each part of a copy on the board and explain what it is and what it does.
Then tell students that you are going to teach them motions and a song to help them remember the different parts. Have students stand up and explain the following motions: Roots=wiggle your toes Stems=Keep arms at your side and wiggle your body Leaves=Put your arms out and shake your hands Flowers=Place your hands on your head in a flower shape Fruit=Twist your hands like you're holding a ball Seeds=Wiggle your fingers as you lower your hands to the ground. Then have students do the motions as they follow along with a song. If you are creative, you can make up a song to go with it or you can use "Roots, Stems, Leaves" by The Banana Slug String Band.
To review have children make a model of the plant parts in a foldable. Let students make a foldable that has two flaps, one taking up about 2/3 of the paper and the other covering only 1/3. Use the bottom flap (which should be the one that is 1/3 of the paper) to cover what is underground and the top flap (the 2/3 flap) to cover what is above ground in plants. Label the outsides of the flaps "Underground" and "Above Ground." Under each flap have students write on the left-hand side an example or two of each plant part. On the right side under the flaps have students draw a picture of a plant (it needs to be a plant that has clearly visible flowers and fruits so it may help to put up a picture of a strawberry plant or something similar for the students to copy) so that the ground is level with the gap in the flaps. Have students label the parts of the plant on their picture. See pictures below for an example.
Differentiation:
There is no real differentiation for this lesson since the foldable will be used as an assessment.
Assessment:
The foldable can be used to get a feel for students' understanding of the plant parts.
Homework:
Sing the chorus of the Roots, Stems, Leaves song to someone at home and show them the motions.
References:
Roots, Stems, Leaves Song Activity
http://www.getbookee.org/get_book.php?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ucHMuZ292L2NhbnkvZm9ydGVhY2hlcnMvdXBsb2FkL0ZpcnN0R3JhZGVfUGxhbnRzLnBkZgpQbGFudHM=
Roots, Stems, Leaves Song
http://bananaslugs.bandcamp.com/track/roots-stems-leaves
Plant Diagram
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/gpe/case1/c1m1app.html
Resources: