Pine Trees: Evergreens: Mini Project with Decodable Reading Passages

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.