Plants: A Thematic Unit for Early Learners
Actively engage young learners in the world of plants by using this cross-curricular Plant Themed Unit. Strategically Linked to the common core, this "Developmentally Appropriate" Thematic plant unit is divided into areas of literature, media, music, art, literacy activities, math activities, worksheets, science activities, creative writing, word wall words, and guided reading.
The activities are clearly written, easy to use, and need limited amounts of preparation. The lessons are fun and engaging and will leave your classroom or homeschool students begging for more.
Includes instructions for creating a quality "Plant Themed Science Center."
Contents Include
Math Center Activities
Flowering Math: Joining Sets
Watermelon War: Comparing Numerals
Garden Party: Demonstrating Subtraction
Counting Seeds: Count out items to match a given number.
Planting Seeds: Making Combinations to 10
Adding Flowers
Garden Takeaway
Plant a Garden Ways to Make 8
Reading Center Activities
Flower Garden: Reading Sight Word & CVC Word Sentences (or alphabet recognition).
Tip Toe Through the Tulips: Alphabet letter sound fluency (or sight word fluency)
Run Rabbit Run: Alphabet Letter Fluency
In the Garden: Naming Sight Words
Greenhouse Words: Reading Sight Words
Blooming Words: Isolating Phonemes & Writing CVC Words From Dictation
The Garden Show: Writing Color Words
Science Activities
Building a Science Center
A Seed Grows: Planting a seed in a bag
Kitchen Science: Edible Dirt
Plant Parts: Observation of Plants
The Thirsty Stem: Capillary Action In Plants
Seed Sorting: Using the Scientific Process
Art Projects
Plant Parts: Portfolio Sample
Artful Flowers
Mother's Day Flower
Fingerprint Flowers
Songs
Watermelon Pie
Inch by Inch (adapted) by David Mallet
Plant A Seed
Guided Reading
The Little Seed
Writing
Plant Word Wall Words
Prompts: All About Seeds,What I Know About Plants
I Can Writing: Label it, list it card it
Supporting Materials
Further extend the learning with these Jack and the Beanstalk themed materials
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Product Description
Are you looking for some great writing activities, ready to print and go!
My students love these "Folk-Tale" based writing activities. Complete with "I Can- Task Cards."
Story Elements Anchor Chart
Story Elements Student Worksheet
Adjectives Anchor Chart
Adjectives Student Worksheet
The Giant: Can, Has, Is Anchor Chart
The Giant: Can, Has, Is Student Worksheet
Write About the Giant (Adjectives/Can, Has, Is)
Label-It I Can Chart
Label-It Student Worksheets
Make a List I Can Chart
Make a List Student Worksheet
Jack and the Giant Word Wall
Write a Story I Can Chart
Write a Story Prompt Worksheet
Write The Room Words (Sight Words)
Write the Room I Can Chart
Write the Room Worksheets
Write The Room Words (Alphabet)
Write the Room I Can Chart
Write the Room Worksheets
QR Alphabet Anchor Chart
QR cards
QR Worksheet
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Product Description
Strategically Linked to the common core, this best-selling Thematic plant unit is divided into areas of literature, media, music, art, literacy activities, math activities, worksheets, science activities, creative writing, word wall words, and guided reading for cross-curricular learning.
The activities are clearly written, easy to use, and need limited amounts of preparation. The lessons are fun and engaging and will leave your classroom or homeschool students begging for more.
Math Center Activities
Flowering Math: Joining Sets
Watermelon War: Comparing Numerals
Garden Party: Demonstrating Subtraction
Counting Seeds: Count out items to match a given number.
Planting Seeds: Making Combinations to 10
Adding Flowers
Garden Takeaway
Plant a Garden Ways to Make 8
Reading Center Activities:
Flower Garden: Reading Sight Word & CVC Word Sentences (or alphabet recognition).
Tip Toe Through the Tulips: Alphabet letter sound fluency (or sight word fluency)
Run Rabbit Run: Alphabet Letter Fluency
In the Garden: Naming Sight Words
Greenhouse Words: Reading Sight Words
Blooming Words: Isolating Phonemes & Writing CVC Words From Dictation
The Garden Show: Writing Color Words
Science Activities
Building a Science Center
A Seed Grows: Planting a seed in a bag
Kitchen Science: Edible Dirt
Plant Parts: Observation of Plants
The Thirsty Stem: Capillary Action In Plants
Seed Sorting: Using the Scientific Process
Art Projects
Plant Parts: Portfolio Sample
Artful Flowers
Mother's Day Flower
Fingerprint Flowers
Songs
Watermelon Pie
Inch by Inch (adapted) by David Mallet
Plant A Seed
Guided Reading
The Little Seed
Writing
Plant Word Wall Words
Prompts: All About Seeds,What I Know About Plants
I Can Writing: Label it, list it card it
Pond Independent Writing Center Activities
Spring Themed Intervention Games
Lamb and Lion Spring Themed Activities
Each activity is clearly written, easy to use, and needs limited preparation. The lessons are fun and engaging and will leave your students begging for more!
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Call them what you will, Readers’ Theater, Partner Plays, or simply, what it is, reading for fluency and comprehension. No matter the name or the purpose, young children love to read, practice, rehearse and perform!