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Growing a Garden: The Life Cycle of a Flower

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Growing a Garden cover: a girl in a sun hat and purple boots holds a daisy beside tulips, seed packet and garden gloves
Introduce the plant-growth reader and its topic
Booklet title page, printed twice: a girl waters a dirt patch with a watering can above a Read By: line for a name
Students write their name before coloring and reading
Opening question 'How do you grow a garden?' below a flowerpot and carrot seed packet, shown twice for the two booklets
Prompt for predictions before reading the steps
Planting step one: a boy in glasses and boots digs into the soil with a shovel above the sentence 'You dig a hole.'
First step in sequencing how a plant is started
Planting step two: a kneeling boy drops seeds into the soil, with the sentence 'You plant the seeds.' to read and color
Discuss what a seed needs once it is in the ground
Watering step: a girl in overalls pours from a watering can onto the soil, with the sentence 'You water the seeds.'
Read aloud and point to each word together
Germination: a seedling with two leaves pushes up from the soil, its seed below, with the line 'The seeds sprout.'
Introduce the word sprout as the plant's first stage
Plant needs: a large sun shines over a window box of blooming flowers, with the sentence 'The seeds need sun light.'
Talk about light as one thing plants need to grow
Plant needs: a cloud drops rain onto a window box of flowers, above the sentence 'The seeds need rain.'
Compare with the sunlight page: water is a need too
Closing page: a girl in a sun hat holds a flower beside a potted tree, with the sentence 'That is how you grow a garden.'
Wrap-up: students retell the planting steps in order
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Growing a Garden (The Life Cycle of a Flower)

This is an educational resource for educators, ideally suited for kindergarten to Grade 2 students, exploring the amazing world of flowers.

Included in this packet are:

  • Emergent reader 'Growing a Garden'
  • Sequencing the Life Cycle of a Flower
  • Writing tasks like 'My Beautiful Garden' and 'My Magical Garden'
  • Vocabulary-enhancing activities like ABC order with six words tied to gardening and plant life.

The learning experience is further deepened with Plant Survival Writing which comes in three versions and The Life of A Flower Writing prompts help. Practical applications are included through activities such as Write the Room with five colored picture cards and Scrambled Sentence creation exercises.

Pictures for visual learners:

Colored Picture Cards show various stages between seed and flower. These cards can also be used in matching exercises with vocabulary card sets, enhancing memory retention abilities among students.

Educational Activities:

  • 'Labeling' exercise where students can label different parts of flowers under supervision or independently.
  • A coloring page that allows children to express their creativity while learning about gardens!

An integral part of this teaching resource is the Flower Observation Journal which allows students note-taking opportunities on their learnings making revision easier during test times or simply retracing lessons learned previously.

The entire collection consists of 39 pages formatted as worksheets/printables that make it easier for teachers to use, yet comprehensive enough to give an engaging foundation on botany.

What's Included

A total of 39 pages.

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