Week 06 · Thursday: Light and Water (Grow It K-2)

Thursday: Clues in color

Rocket peeks at cup B. "What color will it be?"

Raven asks, "What do you notice about the stem?"

Nova hints, "Green needs light."

What makes leaves green?

Leaves have a green part called chlorophyll.

Chlorophyll helps leaves use light to make food.

Sprouts grown in the dark lack chlorophyll.

Plants grown in the dark

Bean sprouts grown in the dark look different.

They can be white or yellow, not green.

Their stems grow long.

Their leaves stay small.

The long stem is reaching to find light!

COLOR CLUES

Read the question.
Tap your answer.

What makes leaves green?

A bean grows in the dark. What color might it be?

Why does the dark stem grow long?

Try it: Color check

Take cup B out for one quick look.
Has it sprouted yet? Beans can be slow.
Is the stem green, white or yellow?
Are the leaves big or small?
Put cup B back in the dark.

Safety first

Carry the cups with two hands.
Beans and sprouts never go in your mouth.
Wash your hands after.

Sentence	True or false?
Chlorophyll is green.	?
Plants in the dark can be pale.	?
Dark sprouts have big green leaves.	?
Dark sprouts lack chlorophyll.	?

WHY THIS EXERCISEWithout light, a sprout stays pale with small leaves.

PLANT NEEDS

Tap a card.
Then tap its spot.

1Roots drink

2Leaves catch

3Seeds hold

Bean cup check

Look at your first bean plant too.
Mark your paper strip at the top of the stem.
Is it taller than last week?

Draw a green sprout and a pale sprout.

Word Spot: turned, asked

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Turned: T-U-R-N-E-D.

Asked: A-S-K-E-D.

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.

She ___ the page.

He ___ a good question.

Great clue finding, plant detective!

Tomorrow you will put all the clues together.