Lesson Nine

I. General Information:
Grade Level: 2
Discipline: Science
Unit Topic: Plants
Time Frame: 30 minutes
Text: How a Plant Grows by Bobbie Kalman (this lesson will focus
on section two: Parts of a Plant)
Other Materials: laptop, projector, science journals, Plickers, iPad
II. Essential Understanding/Questions:
What are the parts of a plant?
How do the parts of a plant help it survive?
III. Standards/Indicators
RI5: Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold
print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons)
to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
RI7: Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a
machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.
W2: Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce
a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a
concluding statement or section.
3.C.1.a: Investigate and describe that seeds change and grow
into plants.
IV. Lesson Objectives
Students will describe how images contribute to their
understanding of text.
Students will identify the parts of a plant.
Students will describe the function of each part of a plant.
V. Evaluation/Assessment:
Science Journal
Plickers
VI. Procedures:
Introduction
o Students will view the following video to actiivate prior
knowledge of the parts of a plant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql6OL7_qFgU

Teaching/Activities
o Using the book, How a Plant Grows by Bobbie Kalman, read
section two: Parts of a Plant.
o With students, discuss how the images on the pages, as
well as the text features, help to clarify the text.
o Using their science journals, students will draw their own
picture of a plant and label its parts. Students will also
write a sentence or two to describe the purpose of each of
the following plant parts: stem, roots and leaves.

Closure
o Using Plickers, students will answer the following
questions. The teacher will collect data by scanning their
answers with the iPad.
How does the stem help a plant?
A. Collects sunshine to make food.
B. Carries water and minerals from the roots.
D. Grows roots.
True/False, The roots absorb water and minerals from
the soil.
True/False, Leaves hold the plant in place.