Plants and nonfiction books

We began our unit on plants last week.  We were learning about plant parts and a plant's life cycle.  One of our favorite activities was eating a whole plant, we all tried something new!!

Our menu:

Seeds = sunflower seeds

Roots = carrots

Stem = celery

Leaves = romaine lettuce

Flower = broccoli

I'm so sorry I didn't take any pictures because we were having too much fun.  We also read the book "Tops and Bottoms" and then created our own gardens on paper plates (also no pictures, where was my mind last week?!)

We labeled our class plant and our own plants:

And read a plant story "Nibbles: A Green Tale" and learned about asking questions before we read and cause and effect!!

We also wrapped up our nonfiction Reader's Workshop unit by looking for details, comparing two nonfiction texts on the same topic, and comparing the fiction and nonfiction genres.

We will be learning about pollination and photosynthesis this week!  We will also continue doing plant themed math projects, will incorporate plant stories into reading, and start a new unit in Reader's Workshop that will teach us how to use our reading "tools"/strategies to help us figure out unknown words.

Stay dry this week!

:) Mrs. Rogers