You will: * learn about plants; * learn through an experiment how seeds can grow without soil; and * solve a problem and write an informal favorite plant? Why do you like if Listen to the words that have to do with plants. 3 flower leaves roots seed soil waterPlants Are Alive! & Plants are living things. Like people and animals, plants grow and die. They cannot live without air, food, and water. Plants make their own on food using sunlight. Plants reproduce too. Plants do not lay eggs or give birth like animals. Instead most plants reproduce by making seeds. 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And the cycle begins again! dn, erie higgln 2qpin (By Tell Ne c About [ what do seeds need to grow? gn das pemilles piss fo oh jpara CALLA. ase Td Sosa {lea bye’ ve jena - Gmaceken £0 events “i aunille by OLepices diag imjaajyen acta, i gle yy oe fh ae Eelitncley, he hos Henkel LA2 COW DEE yon | Gon Herp. von lev y tte.) oes oly cullen ern: ja a6 ee i te ¥ aul Se cn A rile eee | en aePiants Are Important & Plants help us in many ways. We eat plants for food. Plants also make re gee e oto oxygen. Oxygen is one of the gases in the gir. We cannot lve, without Af oxygen. Dead plants make the soil healthy. Plants are very important to us! (Fen ‘@y Tell Ne cre . Cc About tt | | Why are plants important? People give interesting names to plants. a Some examples are Honesty, Four wp O'Clock, and Johnny Jump Up. If you could give a plant a name, what t would you call it? deo plorttay Pe rn dy Trticlis Meneres + ene plata, vtombion predueen opigre » EL a gene 2 Qe he gpurte tm 2l UA» No clays Wainy arn oe SRP dao grate, Aocun gus fl arto ain Aaludoble - doo plontin sen oy \onfforlonken pews nests, |, Nosdtie Comeme une@ Write T for true or F for false in the boxes. 1. Plants are alive. 2. Plants grow and die. 3. Plants lay eggs. 4, Plants don’t need air. @ This is the life cycle of a plant. Fill in the blanks with the correct answers. Wate! eee ate & ° - . 5 Adult plant eee (3) e Fill in the blanks with the correct answers. C ‘Plants Are important : ] = i bee 1.. Plants give us food. 2. Plants make 3. Dead plants make the soil Hyena tne nittitndiensenntnenitaintie i |Qo Match the two parts of the sentences. We use “s to join two parts of a sentence. It is used to answer questions that start with “why.” 1. Plants ore living things = * * because they make oxygen. 2. Plants are different from * * because they grow and die animals like people and animals. 3. Plants are important . * because they do not lay eggs } or give birth. @ Look at the example in the box and fill in the blanks with the correct answers. You can change an adjective or a verb into a noun by adding “th.” If the word ends with the letter “e,” remove the letter “e.” Then add “ih.” The river is very wide. The river is five kilometers in widih. 1. My plants grow well. Exercise is important for our . Helping words 2. The story is not true. warmth He doesn’t lie. He always tellsthe. truth 3. The weather is warm today. . growth I can feel the in the house. vat Plants 11Grow a Seed Can a seed grow without soil? Here is an experiment to find out. Wrap the beans in cotton. What You Need © uncooked beans Soak the cotton in water. * cotton * asmall container Put some water in the container. Then put the cotton and beans in the container. Put the container in a sunny place. Watch what happens after a few Describe what happened to the beans. sun soil roots quickly I gave water and sunlight to the beans, but no The beans grew _ After two days, the beans had . The leaves reached toward the Now | know that some seeds can grow without soil.Why Is May’s Plant Dying? Sophia sent May a plant for her birthday. May looked after it carefully but it is dying. Read the letter below. Sophia Diaz Rio Mayo 105, Col. del Vatie Monterrey, N.L, C.P. 65000 uly 19 Dear Sophia, How are you? Thank you for sending me a plant for my birthday. Ihave a problem. The plant is dying. | don't know why. | put the plant in a box. | water it every day. Here's a photo of it. feel very sad. What should | do? Yours truly, e Discuss the questions with your partner and fill in the blanks. 1. Why do you think May‘s plant is dying? 2. What should May do to save her plant? Problem Solution May's plant didn’t May should uit Plants 13An Informai Letter Refer to page 13. Imagine you are Sophia. Write a reply to May. Full name of the person you are writing to > May James ‘Address > 123 East Avenue a . Rochester, NY 14305 Date _ > July 24 : Begin with > Dear May, Oh dear! It’s sad that your plant is dying. Aplant needs You should [hope this helps! End your letter with - “Yours truly,” then “3 Yours truly, sign your name. Sophia Your plant is dying because .a Write T for true or F for false in the boxes. |. Plants are living things like people and animals. . Plants get sunlight from animals. . Plants give birth to babies. 2. 3. 4, Young plants can make seeds. 5. Seedlings have roots and leaves. 6. . Animals can make their own food. 8 Answer the questions using the sentences in the box below. 1. What do we call a young plant? 2. How do plants make food? 3. What do most seeds need to grow? 4. Why is oxygen important to us? 5. How do plants reproduce? Ps a. They need water, soil, and warmth. K b, They make food using sunlight. c, They make seeds. d, We cannot live without it. = e. We call it a seedling. ae voit Plants 15, YEW IN Ge WIE WIN VATS AN i be