Blooms Taxonomy

Knowledge

Comprehension

Application

Analysis

Evaluation

Synthesis

tell, list, define, label,

recite, memorize,
repeat, find, name,
record, fill in, recall,
relate

locate, explain,
summarize, identify,
describe, report,
discuss, review,
paraphrase, restate,
retell, show, outline,
rewrite

demonstrate, construct,
record, use, diagram,
revise, reformat,
illustrate, interpret,
dramatize, practice,
organize, translate,
manipulate, convert,
adapt, research,
calculate, operate,
model, order, display,
implement, sequence,
integrate, incorporate

compare, contrast,
classify, critique,
categorize, solve,
deduce, examine,
differentiate, appraise,
distinguish, investigate,
categorize, infer

judge, predict,
verify, assess,
justify, rate,
prioritize, determine,
select, decide, value,
choose, forecast,
estimate

compose, design,
hypothesize,
formulate, create,
invent, develop,
refine, produce,
transform

Categorize parts
of a flower in
separate baskets
(ex. mixed up
pile of parts to be
sorted into
flowers, stems,
leaves etc.)
Compare and
contrast the parts
of a plant to the
parts of a human
body (ex. how is
a stem similar to
a spine and
different)
Categorize
pictures of plants
into edible and
non-edible

Determine the
sequence of the
life cycle of a
plant

Create the parts

of a plant out of
playdough

Select a plant,
illustrate and
label. Use this
illustration to
contribute to a
classroom
bulletin board.

Draw & design a

magical plant
picture that
includes the
plant parts that
we learned about

Predict what
our plants will
look like when
they sprout out
of the soil and
draw a diagram

Paint a picture of
a plant that you
have invented
and label with
assistance from
teacher

Gardners Multiple
Intelligences
Verbal/linguistic
poetry, debate, storytelling, essay, checklist,
journal

Recite one
Review the life
vocabulary word cycle of a plant
and the definition by coloring and
tracing words in
the Life Cycle
of a Plant take
home book

Using pictures
sequence the
story The
Sunflower House

Visual/spatial
drawing, model, poster,
photograph, storyboard,
illustration, board game

Color and label

the parts of a
flower

Explain
verbally to a
partner why
plants are
important for
our world

Construct a large
diagram of the
parts of a plant

Logical/mathematical
diagram, outline,
timeline, chart, critique,
graph

Use a Velcro
timeline to show
how a plant
grows

Use a chart to
show what
plants are edible
and those that
are not

Use knowledge
of edible plants
to choose a
favorite and
graph the
information as a
class

Naturalist
classification,
collection, display,
observation, forecast,
investigation,
simulation, exhibit,
identification

Musical
song, rap, lyrics,
composition, jingle,
slogan, melody

Bodily/Kinesthetic
role play, skit,
pantomime, dance,
invention, lab,
improvisation, prototype

After reading
Fruit is a
Suitcase for
Seeds by Jean
Richards find
and identify
different types of
seeds. Look at
the seeds of an
apples, avocado,
mango, flower,
etc.
Memorize a song
about the four
basic needs of
plants

Take a nature
walk and locate
5 types of
plants

Model with a
picture file folder
game to show if
plants are edible
or not

Investigate living
plants at the
science center

After reading
the story, Plant
Parts from the
NYS module
find and collect
plants with
family
members to
bring in and
share with the
class.

Plant a seed in
soil and watch it
transform

Listen to a song
and retell the
informationWhy plants are
important to the
world.

Practice the
nursery rhyme
Oats Peas Bean
and Barley
Grows to identify
some edible
plants.

Listen to a song
about plants and
discuss the new
ideas learnedPlants are living
and have needs
like people

Compose, as a
group on chart
paper, a song
about what we
know.

Repeat body
movements
associated with
plant parts (ex.
hold hands out
palms up for
leaves) and
discuss the
importance of
each part for the
plant

Read The Tiny

Seed and then
act out the
pathway of the
seed.

Practice
identifying true
or false plant
statements by
standing, sitting
and jumping

Act out the

growth of a seed
as a group.
Students will
look at a growth
timeline on the
Smartboard and
then decide on
movements to
show the
different stages.

Listen to the
plant songs that
we have
already learned
about and vote
on the record
on paper, the
one that taught
us the most.
Select several
different edible
plants (fruits or
vegetables) and
create a wall
mural painting
that shows the
different types
of painting
prints

As a class
formulate a list
of plant items
we think that we
could find
outside. Take a
nature walk and
try to find as
many of the
items as
possible. Collect
these for our

Intrapersonal
journal, log, goal
statement, belief
statement, selfassessment, editorial

Paste in
vocabulary, color
coordinated, into
writing journal

Identify the four

basic needs of
plants with a
picture in
journal

Display a graph
that shows each
students favorite
edible plant

Interpersonal
discussion, roundtable,
service learning,
conversation, group
activity, position
statement, interview

Fill in an edible
plant sheet with a
parent. This
sheet will ask
families to list
and discuss the
edible plants in
their refrigerator

Whole group
discussion of
vocabulary
words and their
meanings

Practice with a
group putting
plant puzzles
together

Examine
different types of
edible plants
through taste and
smell. With the
help of an adult
record your likes
with a smiley
sticker and
dislikes with a
frown sticker
Have a
conversation with
an adult at home
about what edible
plants you/they
like

Decide and
record what
plant they
would like to
be using a fill
in the blank
sentence strip
that reads, If I
were a plant I
would be a
______
Predict what
would happen
without plants
in our world
and record as a
class on chart
paper

science center.
Produce a story
about a plant
growing and
have teacher
dictate that story
in writing
journal

As a group
develop a
schedule to
provide our own
plants with their
basic necessities.