Plants/Flowers

1. Literacy

1.1. books in library such as:Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert, From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons, ABCs of Plants by Bobbie Kalman,

1.2. writing journal recording plant growth

1.3. teacher read alouds: Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens, Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert, The Surprise Garden by Zoe Hall, The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle.

1.4. Tiny Seed follow up activity

1.5. Colors in the Garden Booklet

1.6. Flowers make a Rainbow booklet

2. Math

2.1. use unifix cubes to measure plants

2.2. counting seeds

2.3. seed/flower/plant sorting

2.4. favorite flower graph

2.5. seed patterns

2.6. seed addition and subtraction

3. Art

3.1. leaf rubbing

3.2. seed mosaics

3.3. parts of a plant 3-d picture

4. Music

4.1. Sing Each of Us is a Flower

4.2. sing and do movements for various songs and fingerplays about plants and flowers

5. Movement

5.1. Dr. Jean's Parts of a Flower

6. Social Studies

6.1. Az Plant study

6.2. plant adaptations to environment

7. Science

7.1. label parts of plant

7.2. what part of plants can we eat?

7.3. plant life cycle wheel

8. Technology

8.1. draw favorite plant/flower using kidpix on computer

8.2. Play the game Garden Shop on Starfall.com

8.3. Watch The Magic Schoolbus Goes to Seed

8.4. listen to The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle on cd

9. Cooking

9.1. Plants we eat activity