Tiny Seed Lesson
Tiny Seed Lesson
Tiny Seed Lesson
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carbon dioxide to make
their own food, while
consumers are
dependent on other
organisms for food;
Assessment (Description/Criteria)
Teacher will assess prior knowledge. Formative: Students will answer questions about
the growth of a blooming plant.
Formative: students will characterize the differences in seed types.
Magnifying glass
Pictures of what seeds will become (typically on seed packet)
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Book reading will be in the break area on the reading rug. Seed investigation
will be at the exploration table.
Flower Life Cycle art will be at the teacher table with Ms. Lee in the middle
and a paraprofessional on each side.
Technology Integration
Students will use YouTube to watch the life cycle of a flower. Students can also
use the iPad to look up seeds at the exploration table.
Reading
All students will listen to the story.
Advanced students will be prompted open response questions while other students will
receive yes/no questions or acknowledgement of the text.
Seed Sort
All students will attempt to study seeds and compare their differences such as size,
shape, color and texture.
Some students will be asked to sort the seeds by differences.
Some students will have the opportunity to feel the seed and hold them.
Art
Advanced students will write the names of each stage of the flower/bloom cycle and add
arrows (Seed, sprout, flower).
All students will attempt to make a flower life cycle art piece. Students that are unable to
cut, glue or color with ease can draw their own depiction of a flower or seed.
Students will receive help with placement and glue for their artwork as needed.
Activities/Procedures
Assess prior knowledge. The teacher will invite students to the teacher table
where she will talk about plants that bloom. For visual and engagement
purposes, the teacher will provide silk flowers for students.
How do flowers grow?
Do flowers need the sun to grow?
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How does a plant begin?
What are some ways we use seeds? Where are the petals of the flower? What
part is this? (Stem)
Read The Tiny Seed and ask related questions throughout the story.
Reinforce Environmental goals with discussions of mountain, desert and
oceanic life.
Find the tiny seed on each page.
Ask a student to touch the bird.
Follow seasons as they progress and ask what the weather might be like.
Admire the flower growing, ask the students how it started.
Explain how rain, water and sunlight helped the flower grow and wind carries
the seed to a growing place.
Seed Sort
Students will analyze seeds as a group and characterize them based on size,
shape, color and texture. Students can look at the seeds with a magnifying
glass and weigh the seeds. We can use this time to research where these
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seeds grow and how they are carried. These questions are student-led and
may be few in number, so guide the questions when possible.
Students will show their understanding by presenting their (dried) art to the
class in their own words. Non-verbal students can point or display their work
without explanation.
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HW
2 0 0 5 0
0
- 1 8 9 - 4 8
7
__________ ___________
3 0 0 7 0
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- 2 9 1 - 6 9
5
__________ ___________
HC KM CO
Count 7 poms
Add 2 poms
6
7+2=
Count 5 poms
Add 4 poms
5+4=
Count 6 poms
Add 4 poms
6+4=
ES
Count out 12 poms