Week 4

Topic: Roots

7:30 Breakfast
8:00-8:30
Morning
Meeting/Shar
ed Reading

8:30-9:30
ELA work
stations
1. Small
group reading
instruction
2. Exploratory
Science
and/or Word
Work(Para-

Monday
Breakfast

Tuesday
Breakfast

Wednesday
Breakfast

Thursday
Breakfast

Read aloud: The Little Mouse,

the Red Ripe Strawberry, and
the Big Hungry Bear by
Audrey Wood
Discuss how a strawberry
could grow so big.
Show students Parts of a
Strawberry Plant poster.
Point out and discuss parts of
the plant.
Complete Plant Drama activity
numbers 1-3 (see Eating Plants
lesson plan).
http://www.agclassroom.org/te
acher/matrix/lessonplan_print.
cfm?lpid=145

Watch/Listen to the
song
https://www.youtube.c
om/watch?
v=T10p473IlWo

Read aloud: The Vegetables We Eat by Gail

Gibbons

Watch/Listen to the
song
https://www.youtube.c
om/watch?
v=ql6OL7_qFgU

1. Suggested: Utilize Small

Group Plant books (Reading A
to Z)
2. Complete Plant Drama
Activity steps 4-6 (see Eating
Plants lesson plan).
Complete step 7 from Plant
Drama Activity (see Eating
Plants lesson plan). (Teacher
can add additional vocabulary

1. Suggested: Utilize
Small Group Plant
books (Reading A to
Z)
2. Edible
Masterpieces Activity
(from Eating Plants
Lesson Plan)
http://www.agclassroo
m.org/teacher/matrix/l

Read aloud: The

Reason for a Flower
by Ruth Heller
Participate in Plant
Parts Role-Play (See
Eating Plants Lesson
Plan)

Collect a variety of produce or pictures of

produce that represents different parts of the
plant. Items could include asparagus (stem),
strawberries (fruit), carrots (root), and cabbage
(leaves). Display these vegetables and fruits
and ask:
Where have you seen these items before?
What fruits and vegetables are your favorite to
eat?
Watch/Listen to the song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Ds6tUxatnTs

1. Suggested: Utilize Small Group Plant books

(Reading A to Z)
2. Parts of a Plant Foldable Activity

Read aloud: We Can

Eat the Plants
(Emergent Reader
Science; Level 1) by
Rozanne Lanczak
Williams

1. Suggested: Utilize
Small Group Plant
books (Reading A to Z)
2. Parts of a Plant
Foldable Activity

pro assists)

9:30-9:45
Social Time
(Social Skills
Development)
9:45-10:00
Read Aloud

activities)
http://www.agclassroom.org/te
acher/matrix/lessonplan_print.
cfm?lpid=145

essonplan_print.cfm?
lpid=145

Read aloud: Eating the

Alphabet

Read aloud:
What Do Roots Do?
By Kathleen V.
Kudlinski
Complete Lesson:
Getting to the Root of
It: Plant Dissection
and Root Systems

10:00-11:00
Science
*Experiment
*Reading
(making
books)
*Notebook
responses

Complete Activity 2: Edible

Plant Parts from Eating Plants
lesson plan

11:00-11:30
Informational
writing

Read aloud as a mentor text:

What Do Roots Do? by
Kathleen V. Kudlinski
Discuss the parts of the book
that can lend itself to writing
an informational text.
Brainstorm what roots do.
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custo
m/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/
science/s_plants/index.htm or
Teacher's
Choice
Lunch

11:30-12:00
Technology

12:00-12:30

http://www.agclassroom.org/teacher/
matrix/lessonplan_print.cfm?
lpid=145

Read aloud: Plant Stems & Roots by David M.

Schwartz

Read aloud: Tops and

Bottoms by Janet
Stevens

Complete Activity 2:
Plant Tops and
Bottoms from Plant
http://www.agclassroom.org/teacher/matrix/lessonplan.cf
Tops and Bottoms
http://www.scholasti mlpid=78&author_state=0&grade=0&search_term_lp=To
lesson plan
c.com/teachers/less
on-plan/gettingroot-it-plantdissection-and-rootsystems

Complete Activity 1: Plants= fruits and

vegetables from Plant Tops and Bottoms lesson
plan
ps%20and%20Bottoms

Using the mentor text

as a guide, write an
informational writing
on the importance of
roots.

Using the mentor text as a guide, write an

informational writing on the importance of
roots.

Using the mentor text

as a guide, write an
informational writing
on the importance of
roots.

http://www.bgfl.org/bg
fl/custom/resources_ft
p/client_ftp/ks2/scienc
e/s_plants/index.htm
or Teacher's Choice
Lunch

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/c
lient_ftp/ks2/science/s_plants/index.htm or
Teachers' Choice

http://www.bgfl.org/bg
fl/custom/resources_ftp
/client_ftp/ks2/science/
s_plants/index.htm or
Teacher's Choice
Lunch

Lunch

Lunch
12:30-1:00
Independent
reading/Exit
slip reflection
1:00
Dismissal
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