Farmer Workers in States. Several of his letters can 1972. be found at: GENERALIZATION ACROSS MATERIALS –Poetry. Repeat this lesson using a poem instead of a story. Here is a poem and the responses you can use. The poem can be found at: . Response boards are provided in the teacher materials. Poem questions main Context clues Other ideas “Wh” idea/ theme Read the poem What do plants grow What is this poem come stems, reading the poem, watch a “Then aloud from? about? some tall, some stout, video on the life cycle of a seed. (seeds) -how a plant And next the branches Here is the link for one on Life of a Plant Where do flowers grows spread about.” YouTube: (1:08) bloom? -eating fruits and (on stems) vegetables Let’s find out what What do plants give us? -a windy day stout means. Plant a seed and observe its (fruits and vegetables) -riding a bike What part of the growth. do seeds travel? Record observations in a How plant is the author (by wind and water) talking about? notebook or with photos Do you think seeds can (stems) travel other ways? What other word Place pictures of the plant life (Yes/No) does she use to cycle in order How? describe stems? (tall) (student generates Tall means to grow [e.g., insects, animals] up. Sometimes, before things grow up, they grow out. Knowing this, what do you think means? “stout” [e.g., big, fat].
Farmer Workers in 1972. States. Several of his letters can be found at: GENERALIZATION ACROSS MATERIALS –Poetry. Repeat this lesson using a poem instead of a story. Here is a poem and the responses you can use. The poem can be found at: . Response boards are provided in the teacher materials. Poem “Wh” questions main idea/ theme Context clues Other ideas Read the poem aloud Life of a Plant What do plants grow from? (seeds) Where do flowers bloom? (on stems) What do plants give us? (fruits and vegetables) How do seeds travel? (by wind and water) Do you think seeds can travel other ways? (Yes/No) How? (student generates [e.g., insects, animals] What is this poem about? -how a plant grows -eating fruits and vegetables -a windy day -riding a bike “Then come stems, some tall, some stout, And next the branches spread about.” Let’s find out what stout means. What part of the plant is the author talking about? (stems) What other word does she use to describe stems? (tall) Tall means to grow up. Sometimes, before things grow up, they grow out. Knowing this, what do you think “stout” means? [e.g., big, fat]. reading the poem, watch a video on the life cycle of a seed. Here is the link for one on YouTube: (1:08) Plant a seed and observe its growth. Record observations in a notebook or with photos Place pictures of the plant life cycle in order