Pine Trees: Evergreens: Mini Project with Decodable Reading Passages
Holiday & Seasonal, ELA, Seasons, Winter, Reading, Reading Comprehension, Science, Life Sciences, Biology
About This Product
This National Curriculum/Common Core Literacy aligned themed mini-unit about Pine Trees, teaches about EVERGREENS and is suitable for K to 1 (Years 1 to 2) and mixed Grade classes. Included are three differentiated, decodable reading passages suitable for use during guided reading sessions.
The Pine Trees: Evergreens: Mini Project with Decodable Reading Passages
· That pine trees are evergreen trees
· That pine trees have leaves called needles
· That pine trees have cones which are the flowers.
· That the cones are the seed containers - reproduction
· about the dispersal of pine seeds
· About some creatures that rely on the seeds for their diet
Key vocabulary: evergreen, needles, cones, flowers, seeds
The Pine Trees: Evergreens: Mini Project with Decodable Reading Passages pack includes:
1. A full lesson plan,
2. An overview PowerPoint for lesson introduction or summary
3. Fact sheets with to hand with facts for teachers to increase teacher's knowledge of the subject at a glance - feel like an expert! Can also be used with children where appropriate.
4. Worksheets including:
· Three decodable, differentiated reading comprehension passages,
· Three differentiated worksheets for general written work on the subject of pine trees.
· One for the drawing of a cone
· One sheet aimed at younger pupils/those not ready to read and write involving ticking boxes
5. A4 photos to be used during the lesson and/or for display.
6. A set of flashcards of thekey vocabulary
You can teach this lesson straight out of the pack!
The Pine Trees: Evergreens: Mini Project with Decodable Reading Passages will help you to cover parts of the 'plants' and 'animals' elements of most science curriculii: teach science while you strengthen literacy skills: information texts.
What is included?
1 zipped file containing:
37-page PDF
19-slide PowerPoint to enhance teaching
31-slide PowerPoint for guided reading.