Week 08 · Monday: Fruits and Seeds on the Move (Grow It K-2)

Monday: Fruits hold seeds

Rocket sets an apple, a pear and a cucumber down.

Raven asks, "What do you notice inside each one?"

Nova says, "Remember last week's flowers."

Last week, pollen moved from flower to flower.

Then a part of the flower grew into a fruit.

A fruit holds the plant's seeds.

Apples, pears, melons and cucumbers all hold seeds.

A plant cannot walk.

It cannot carry its seeds to new places.

So seeds have other ways to travel.

This week, you will find out how!

FRUIT AND SEEDS

What does a fruit hold?

What part of the plant grows into a fruit?

Which one holds seeds inside?

Try it

A grown-up cuts an apple in half.
Look for the seeds inside.
Count them with one finger.
Do not taste the apple or the seeds.

Safety first

Only a grown-up uses the knife.
We look at the fruit. We do not taste it.
Never put seeds in your mouth.
Wash your hands when you finish.

Sentence	True or false?
A fruit holds seeds.	?
A plant can walk its seeds to new places.	?
Seeds have ways to travel.	?
A pear holds seeds inside.	?

WHY THIS EXERCISEFruits hold seeds, and seeds need ways to travel.

FROM FLOWER TO NEW PLANT

1First

2Next

3Then

4Last

Bean check

Look at your bean plant.
Add a little water if the soil is dry.
A grown-up marks its height on your strip.

Draw half an apple. Show the seeds inside.

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Once: O-N-C-E.

FIND THE WORD

Find the word you hear.

FILL THE GAP

___ upon a time, a seed fell.

Clap ___ for me.

Great seed spotting!

Tomorrow you will see seeds ride the wind.