Parts and their functions

Developmental Lesson Plan

Teacher Candidate: Amanda Guldin

Date: 3/3/23 Group Size: 20 Allotted Time: Grade Level: 1st grade
Subject or Topic: Parts and Functions
Common Core/PA Standard(s):
3.1.1.A5.
Identify and describe plant parts and their function.

Learning Targets/Objectives:
Students will be able to identify and describe the function of different parts of a plant.
Assessment Approaches: Evidence:
1. observation 1. observation
2.
3.
Assessment Scale:
1. observation
Subject Matter/Content:

Prerequisites:
fruits
vegetables
flowers
grass
sponge
Plants

Key Vocabulary:
Seeds - come from either flowers or fruits to make more flowers or fruits
Roots - they help hold down the plant, to keep it in place. It also absorbs water and
nutrients/food from the soil.
Stem - provides support for the plant. It also transports water, nutrients, and sugars to different
parts of the plant.
Leaf - make food for the plant.
flower - help the plant make more plants by producing seeds. They also attract bees and
butterflies.
fruit - contain the seeds and help the plant make more plants.

Content/Facts:
Seeds - come from either flowers or fruits to make more flowers or fruits
Roots - they help hold down the plant, to keep it in place. It also absorbs water and
nutrients/food from the soil.
Stem - provides support for the plant. It also transports water, nutrients, and sugars to different
parts of the plant.
 Parts and their functions

Leaf - make food for the plant.

flower - help the plant make more plants by producing seeds. They also attract bees and
butterflies.
fruit - contain the seeds and help the plant make more plants.

Anticipatory Set

● read a book - “Pumpkin Jack”

● see if the students could recognize plant parts/ ask them questions of what happened to
the plant
Development/Teaching Approaches

● introduce plant parts to the students

● have pictures of the parts and their names
● have the students repeat the names
● use the seed to plant book to tell them how plants are like our body parts as one way to
help them remember
● another way to remember is the interactive song
● Then go over the plant part functions
● 3 activities
● activity 1
○ coloring
■ the students will color code a plant according to a certain color.
● activity 2
○ Book
■ students will read a plant book and write down the function of each part.
● activity 3
○ Plant book
■ The students will read the plant part book and color what is suppose to
be colored

Closure/Summarizing Strategies:

● come together to go over the parts of plants again and their functions
● read a story “Grow Happy”

Accommodations/Differentiation:

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 Parts and their functions

Materials/Resources:

● PP
● Plant part book
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Reflective Response:
Report of Student Learning Target/Objectives Proficiency Levels

I think this lesson went well, the students were able to tell me the plant parts based on
pictures, and then after listening to a video, they were able to retell me what the plant part
functions are.
I think the lesson went smoothly on my part, I got everything I wanted to teach them in.
They really loved the interactive song that can help with remembering the parts and functions.