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Week 2: Growing and Measuring Plants

Lesson 4

Children observe and measure their growing plants.


Circle Time: Introduction

The Carrot Seed   
5 min.

 

Teacher holding up The Carrot Seed book in front of class.

Children listen to and discuss the book, The Carrot Seed, by Ruth Krauss

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Measuring Our Plants   
5-10 min.

 

Teacher measuring plants with students.

Children measure the tallest plant, build a cube tower to the same height, and predict how tall the plant will be the next time they measure it.

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Farmers Market   
5-15 min. 

 

Farmers Market app splash screen.

Children visit a digital Farmers Market and explore measuring plants for their llama customers. Children harvest the plants, position a measuring stick, and measure how tall or wide each plant is to find the right size for every customer.

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Guided Small Group

Growing Beans: Journal Entries   
5-10 min. 

 

Teacher helping student water a plant while two students watch.

Children photograph and describe their bean plants in a bag. Then they take a photo and discuss their bean plants growing in soil. Once a bean plant has emerged from the soil, they also record the plant’s measurement.

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Measuring Our Plants   
5-10 min.

 

Teacher measuring plants with students.

Children measure the tallest plant, build a cube tower to the same height, and predict how tall the plant will be the next time they measure it.

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Class Garden: From Seed to Plant   
5-10 min.

 

Student holds up colorful worksheet.

Children observe and draw pictures of Class Garden plants, showing a seed and the plant that has grown from that seed.

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Learning Centers

Farmers Market   
5-15 min. 

 

Farmers Market app splash screen.

Children visit a digital Farmers Market and explore measuring plants for their llama customers. Children harvest the plants, position a measuring stick, and measure how tall or wide each plant is to find the right size for every customer.

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Watch It Grow   
5 min. 

 

Students act out the sequence of a bean growing into a plant.

Children watch and respond to a time-lapse video of a bean seed growing into a plant.

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Artful Seeds   
10-15 min.

 

Student smiles next to her art project.

Children use collage materials to create art of plants and seeds with sprouts and roots.

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Class Garden: From Seed to Plant   
5-10 min.

 

Student holds up colorful worksheet.

Children observe and draw pictures of Class Garden plants, showing a seed and the plant that has grown from that seed.

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Circle Time: Wrap-Up

Farmers Market   
5-15 min. 

 

Farmers Market app splash screen.

Children visit a digital Farmers Market and explore measuring plants for their llama customers. Children harvest the plants, position a measuring stick, and measure how tall or wide each plant is to find the right size for every customer.

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Class Garden: Compare & Contrast   
5-10 min.

 

Teacher draws and labels a bean seed.

The class examines and compares different kinds of plants and sprouting seeds from the Class Garden.

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Growing Beans: Journal Review   
5-10 min. 

 

Journal Entries screenshot showing bean sprout images.

Children view photos and measurements of their bean seeds and bean plants taken on different days. They discuss how the seeds and plants have changed and grown, and pose questions.

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