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Week 04 · Roots

Friday

Root helpers
// Hold on and drink up
⏱ about 15 min

Friday: Root helpers

Rocket builds a tall paper tower. Plop! It tips.

"Oops! I will try again," he laughs.

Raven asks, "What do you notice about roots?"

Nova says, "Roots spread out wide."

People copy roots

People sometimes copy ideas from plants.

Roots spread out and hold a plant steady.

We can use that idea to help things stand.

Try it: Root tower

  • An empty paper towel tube
  • Paper strips
  • Tape
  • A grown-up helper
  1. Stand the tube up on a table.
  2. Blow on it gently. Does it tip?
  3. Tape paper strips to the bottom, like roots.
  4. Spread the strips out wide on the table.
  5. Tape the ends of the strips down.
  6. Blow gently again. What happens now?
Safety first
A grown-up cuts the paper strips.
Blow gently. Keep your face back from the tube.
TOWER TEST
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What do the paper strips copy?
What did Rocket do after his tower fell?
  1. Roots usually grow down into the ground.
  2. Roots hold a plant in place.
  3. Root hairs take up water.
  4. A carrot is a taproot. Grass has fibrous roots.
SentenceTrue or false?
Roots help hold a plant steady.?
Roots take in water from the ground.?
Mistakes mean you should stop building.?
People can copy ideas from plants.?
WHY THIS EXERCISERoots hold on and drink, and builders learn from tries.
ROOT JOBS
  • Tap a card.
  • Then tap its spot.
1Roots grow
2Roots hold
3Roots drink
BEAN CUP CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
You check your bean roots. What do you do next?
Draw your root tower with its paper roots.

Word Spot review

Let us review this week's sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Going: G-O-I-N-G.

Had: H-A-D.

Has: H-A-S.

Her: H-E-R.

Same: S-A-M-E.

Boy: B-O-Y.

Following: F-O-L-L-O-W-I-N-G.

Show: S-H-O-W.

Also: A-L-S-O.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
We are ___ to the park.
The bird ___ three eggs.
A bird ___ two wings.
I gave ___ a leaf.

You built like a plant. Amazing!

Tomorrow is Grow It Day with a family root diary.

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