👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective
Students will explain the main ideas of 09 Plants, including plant parts and the plant life cycle, using examples and grade-appropriate vocabulary.

Vocabulary
plant, root, stem, leaf, flower, seed, soil, sprout, grow, sunlight, water, air, life cycle

Teaching Notes

• Begin with real plants, pictures, or a short video showing a seed growing into a plant.
• Model a think-aloud to describe each stage of growth using the vocabulary.
• Compare parts of a plant and their roles during each stage.
• Encourage students to discuss what plants need and how they grow.
• Support partner talk and hands-on observation.

🧒 Student Worksheet

Concept and Helping Material

Definition.
Plants are living things that grow and change over time. They need sunlight, water, air, and soil to live. Plants begin as seeds, grow into sprouts, and then become adult plants that can make new seeds.

Helping ideas and samples:

• Draw the life cycle of a plant from seed → sprout → young plant → flowering plant → seed again.
• Try sorting pictures or real examples of seeds, stems, leaves, and flowers.
• Compare what plants need to what animals need.
• Look for a plant at home or in school and describe how it is growing.
• Safety note: Be gentle when handling plants.

Vocabulary and Definition

• — a living thing that grows from seeds
• — part that holds the plant in the soil and takes in water
• — part that supports the plant and carries water and food
• — part that makes food from sunlight
• — part that makes seeds for new plants
• — a small part that can grow into a new plant
• — the ground where plants grow
• — a young plant just beginning to grow
• — the stages a plant goes through as it grows and makes new plants

Words to Learn

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Sentences to Fill In

1. 09 Plants connects to .
2. A plant begins its life as a .
3. The seed grows into a .
4. The sprout becomes a .
5. A flower can make new .
6. Plants need , , , and .
7. The take in water and hold the plant in place.
8. The carries water to the leaves.
9. The make food for the plant.
10. The starts again when new seeds grow.

Hands-On Experiment or Activities

What You Need: clear cups, paper towels, seeds (beans or peas), water, notebook, crayons.
What You Do:

1. Place a damp paper towel inside the cup.
2. Add a seed between the towel and the cup wall so you can see it.
3. Keep it moist and in sunlight.
4. Watch it grow each day.
5. Draw and label each stage — seed, sprout, small plant, flowering plant.

Think and Talk:

• What changed each day?

• Which parts of the plant could you see first?

• How did sunlight and water help it grow?

Reflection

• What did you learn about plants?

• How can you show this idea at home or school?

• Why is the life cycle important?