Seeds! Seeds! Seeds! by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
Schema: seeds, greenhouse, garden, Spring
Text-to-Self Connections: mail carrier bringing a package, seed coat like our coat to keep us warm and dry; Buddy has a text-to-self connection with food. Students may have a connection with saving seeds from fruit to plant. Some may have a connection with eating sunflower seeds or making a home made bird feeder.
Predicting: What do you predict is in the bags? Predict what the bag will contain from the information on the card.
Reading On: to find meaning of “germinate”
New Learning: Strawberries are the only fruit with seeds on the outside
Compare and contrast the different kinds of seeds.
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