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Daily Learning Targets
- I can answer questions about the different kinds of seed dispersal in the text From Seed to Plant.
- I can document my predictions and observations about the different kinds of seed dispersal after participating in a seed dispersal challenge.
Ongoing Assessment
- During the research read-aloud in Work Time A, continue to use the Reading Informational Text Checklist to track students’ progress (see Assessment Overview and Resources).
- After Work Time B, collect students’ Plants and Pollinators Research Notebook, Part I to review page 8 and measure progress.
Purpose of Lesson
- In this lesson, students continue to build knowledge about how plants grow and survive by learning about the different kinds of seed dispersal. Students engage in a read-aloud of a portion of the text From Seed to Plant and collect information about the different kinds of seed dispersal.
In Advance
- Strategically pair students for Work Time B, with at least one strong reader per pair.
- Pre-distribute Materials for Work Time B at student workspaces.
- Post: Learning targets and applicable anchor charts.
Vocabulary
- Lesson-specific: seed dispersal, prediction, observations
- Text-specific: base
Materials
- Plants and Pollinators Word Wall (begun in Lesson 3)
- Word ball (from Lesson 8; one; used by students during the Volley for Vocabulary protocol in the Opening)
- Unit 1 Guiding Question Anchor Chart (begun in Lesson 3; added to the during the Closing)
- From Seed to Plant (from Lesson 3; one to display; for teacher read-aloud)
- Seed Dispersal Anchor Chart (new; co-created with students during Work Time A)
- Seed Dispersal Anchor Chart (example, for teacher reference)
- Reading Informational Text Checklist (for teacher reference)
- Seed Frayer Model Anchor Chart (begun in Lesson 2; added to during Work Time A)
- Seed Frayer Model Anchor Chart (begun in Lesson 2; example, for teacher reference)
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Language Dive Guide II: From Seed to Plant (optional; for ELLs; for teacher reference)
- Questions We Can Ask during a Language Dive Anchor Chart (begun in Lesson 8)
- Language Dive Chunk Chart II: From Seed to Plant (optional; for ELLs; for teacher reference)
- Language Dive Sentence Strip Chunks II: From Seed to Plant (optional; for ELLs; one to display)
- Language Dive Note-catcher II: From Seed to Plant (optional; for ELLs; one per student and one to display)
- Plants and Pollinators Research Notebooks, Part 1 (begun in Lesson 2; page 9; one per student and one to display)
- Images of seeds (one set per small group)
- Plants and Pollinators Research Notebooks, Part I (from Lesson 2; example, for teacher reference)
- Pencil (one per student)
- “Plants and Their Seeds” (video; play 0:00–4:36)
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