This activity serves as an introduction to the life cycle of a plant. The video will provide a visual to engage students in expanding their background knowledge and building vocabulary acquisition. After the video, the teacher will utilize a Jamboard to lead a discussion of the following words: germinate, photosynthesis, and pollinate. The students will create a definition based on the context of the word in the video, their background knowledge, and the word's structure including prefixes, root words, and suffixes.
This learning activity was created as a result of the ALEX - Alabama Virtual Library (AVL) Resource Development Summit.
After completing the before activity and defining keywords for the life cycle of a plant, students will read "Flowering Plants" from the Gale Elementary Online Collection. Students will participate in a class discussion to broaden their understanding of key terms to gain a deeper understanding of the life cycle of a plant. Students will create word definitions for the following words: seed coat, germinate, photosynthesis, pollination, and reproduction.
Students will utilize new academic, content-specific, grade-level vocabulary including seeds, germination, roots and stems, leaves, flowers, and pollination to make connections to the life cycle of a plant. The students will use grade-level text to determine the meaning and order of each step of the plant life cycle. Students will independently create a plant life cycle wheel by ordering the steps of the life cycle of a plant, defining each word in their own words, and creating an illustration.
