McNeese State University

Department of Education Professions

Lesson Plan Template
Name Monisha Shropshire Email monishashropshire@gmail.com Phone (337) 489-6265
Primary Subject Area ELA Grade Level Kindergarten
Title of Lesson From Seed to Plant Approximate duration 5 days

Overview of Lesson
 Students will gather information from a variety of texts both literary and informational on the plant’s life cycle

 Describe the connection between people, events, ideas, and pieces of information.

 Students are introduced to life cycles by learning about how a plant grows

 Students learn that living things interact with each other and their environment

 Work with students to create a small observation garden and log plant growth.

 Create a categorized chart for students to use throughout the unit.

Essential Question(s)
 Prior Knowledge Expected of Students
A kindergarten classroom may be the first learning environment for some students. The following bullets are expected knowledge for this unit:

 Understand how a book works

 Practice sitting still and using listening skills

 Being able to take turns

 Recognition of the alphabet and numbers 1-10

 Practice making decisions

 Basic concepts of using scissors, pencils, and crayons

Common Core Learning Standards

Reading: Literature
RL.K.1: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text
RL.K.2: With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.

Writing:
W.K.1: Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the
book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is...).
W.K.8: With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a
question.

Speaking and Listening:

SL.K.1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and
larger groups.
SL.K.5: Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.
Educational Technology Standards
 Additional Standards

Interdisciplinary Connections
In this lesson plan there is an interdisciplinary connection between English Language Arts and Life Science.

English Language Arts:

Identifying steps in a process
Draw illustrations to support written ideas
Using vocabulary learned in the unit
Taking Notes based on observations

Life Science:
Understanding connections between living things
The plant life cycle and uses
Understanding patterns in nature and how living things interact
Predict and anticipate final outcomes
Identify easily observable variations within types of plants and animals

Student Outcomes
After the completion of this unit: From Seed to Plant, students should be able to:

 Use key vocabulary in the plant cycle to describe what happens in each stage

 Identify and label stages between evets in the life cycle of plants

 Independently answer a combination of orally read multiple choice questions about the plant’s life cycle

 Understand patterns in nature and how living things interact.

 Lesson Procedures
Pre-Planned Seed
Time Step-by-Step Lesson Procedures with Embedded Coding
Questions
Lesson 1:
Read From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons

Plant Fact Book: Students create a class Plant Fact Book in which they record through writing and
illustrations information they gain throughout the unit.

Lesson 2:
Read The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle

The Tiny Seed is about a seed that travels through the seasons to become a giant sunflower.

This text provides information on how seeds and seasons interact, and additional information on how
seeds move and interact with other living things. Students will be able to apply knowledge learned about
the life cycle of a plant to describe what is happening in each season. Students can also recognize what it
takes for a seed to grow and how many seeds never become plants.

Lesson 3:
Create poster cards for the life cycle of plants

Divide the class into groups and give each group a copy of the stages for the plant cycle.

Ask the small groups to put the cards in their appropriate place

Use process words like: first, next, then, second, and now.

Lesson 4:
Review Plant vocabulary and their order

Draw illustrations of what each section of the chart looks like

SEED ROOTS STEM LEAVES FLOWER

 Teacher Materials Student Materials Technology Resources References
Literary Text (Fictional) Pencils

Informational Text (Non-Fictional) Worksheets

Worksheets Crayons

Art Supplies

Poster Cards

Seeds and Garden Equipment

Relevance/Rationale
The plant cycle unit teaches students how important plants are to our world. This unit helps student gather information about seeds and introduces
descriptive languages. This unit connects with science and sparks an interest in how living things in our environment grow and reproduce.
Cultivating the observation garden will show patterns in nature and how living things interact. The Plant Fact Book encourages reading enjoyment
and supports growing reading ability.

Exploration, Extensions, and Supplemental

Exploration Task: Work with students to plant indoor small portable gardens by planting a bean seed in a plastic cup.
 After planting the seed in the garden cup, each student will put their cup in the window with their names on them
 Each student will create a Garden Observation Log
 Students will observe their Garden cup each day and draw picture with the corresponding day of the activity the seed made.
 Once the log is done and the seed has sprouted, conduct a class discussion

Extension Task: A Class Garden Calendar

 Determine as a class how long each stage took and make a Class Garden Calendar
 Use process words like first, next, then, and now.
 Assessment Criteria for Success
The life cycle of a plant is fascinating to study and even more extraordinary to observe because of its fast stages throughout the cycle. The lesson
plans that are in place are check on learning from the proceeding lesson. Individual and group activities allow for each student to feel confident to
complete the worksheets and participate in group discussion.

Success in this lesson will be achieved with the completion of the Plant Fact Book, the Plant Illustration Book, and the Observation Garden activity.
Literary material will build the learning blocks that the interactive Observation Garden will display. Some students learn better by doing and the
Garden Cup achieves that learning style.

Accommodations and Access for All

Literary information will be delivered aloud during circle time

The Plant Fact Book and Plant Illustration Book will be conducted during small group discussion time

The Observation Garden Log will be a two-part activity with logs done each day. If a student misses the day we plant the seeds, that student will
have an opportunity to make up the seed planting to get the full scope of tying literary learning with interactive learning.

Post-Lesson Reflection