1. Vocabulary
Students will write a sentence with each word and illustrate the definition of the word.
Word Wall
ABCD
Apple
Berry
Bud
Crop
Dig
EFGH
Earth
Flower
Fruit
Green
Grow
Honey
IJKL
Leaves
Live
MNOPQ
Moss
Petal
Plant
Pollen
RSTUV
Root
Seed
Stem
Sun
Tree
WXYZ
Water

2. Resources Non Fiction Fiction
Colin Walker(1992) Seeds Grow. Bothell, WA. The Wright group.
Chris Oxlade(1998) Flowering Plants. New York:Childrens Press
Franklin Watts(1999) Plant Life. Danbury Ct: Grolier
Carol Lerner(1989) Plant Families. New York: Morrow Junior Books.
Fiction
Eric Carle.(1987) The Tiny Seed, Saxonville, MA: Picture Book Studio
Moira Butterfield.(1992) Flower. New York: Simon &Schuster
Janet Riehecky.(1990) What plants Give us The Gift Of Life. Chicago, IL: Children's Press
Jane Belk Moncure(1990) What plants need The Rabbit who knew. Chicago, Il: Children's Press

3. Reading
Students will be allowed to choose a book that is about plants and read it silently for 20min after math.
Students will partner up and read with their partners for 15min.

4. Writing Object and Word Sorts Types of plants Food from plants
Animals that eat plants
Interactive Writing
Time frame of our seeds to grow into plants.
How Plants grow ? Why we need plants
Literacy Skills and Strategies
Make Posters of new words learned
Write in our entries in our plant journals
Make an alphabet book using the new words we have learned during out plant unit.
Language Experience Approach
Draw a picture about a family of plants and write a sentence describing it.

5. Projects
Plant a seed in a cup and water it each day and see how long it takes to grow into a plant.
Create a Poem about Flowers
Draw a picture of what the seed may grow into to

6. Field Trips
Visit the Dallas arboretum
Visit the green house at TWU