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Lesson 6 How Have Our Seeds Changed? |
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Bring in fruits and vegetables from home and predict the amount of seeds they contain; sort and classify the seeds; make a class graph of the number of seeds removed from each fruit and vegetable; analyze chart with predictions -- how well did students predict the numbers of seeds? -- record |
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Create a display of some of the foods we get from seeds and make a graph of our favorites |
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Listening skills: A Seed Is a Promise, by Claire Merrill; use drama to illustrate how a seed grows; record on video |
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Read stories such as "Johnny Appleseed" and "Jack and the Beanstalk"; have students act out roles or use puppets to dramatize them; record on video |
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Re-write the stories (mentioned above), creating their own versions, and draw the pictures of each scene |
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Design covers to make a booklet for the planting cards; keep these books for assessment |
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