Plants, Plants, Plants! A Mini Unit

*updated March 14, 2014*

My plant unit includes many activities to keep your students interests "budding" about plants! Here is what you get in this 67 page unit:

pages 3-8 Original non-fiction book about plants' needs
pages 9-14 Student emergent reader about plants' needs
pages 15-18 Pocket chart sort about plants' needs
pages 19-20 Student activity pages about plants' needs
pages 21-23 Original song about plants' needs with motions (Great for kinesthetic learners!)
pages 24-29 Student journal to record plant growth for individual plants
pages 30-34 parts of a seed experiment and student activity page
pages 35-37 parts of a flower craftivity
page 38 student labeling of plant parts activity page
pages 39-40 Original song about the parts of the plant with motions
pages 41-44 Tree map labels and student recording page
pages 45-50 Plant life cycle craftivity (with differentiation to add a writing component if desired)
pages 51-56 Plant pop-up books with three different things to write about (life cycle, needs, or facts)
pages 57-60 Student necklaces to act out the plant life cycle and activity page
pages 61-66 13 Vocabulary cards with real photos for a word wall, writing center, labeling, instruction, or anchor charts
page 67 Thank yous


Please note that this is a science unit only - there are no math games or literacy centers in this unit.