Week 11 · Monday: Plant Families (Grow It K-2)

Monday: Seeds grow like their parents

Rocket holds a dry bean.

"I will grow a sunflower from this!" he says.

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

Nova asks, "Where did it come from?"

Like the parent

A bean seed came from a bean plant.

That bean plant is its parent plant.

A bean seed grows into a bean plant.

An acorn grows into an oak tree.

Young plants are very much like their parents.

Rocket's mistake

Rocket wanted a sunflower from a bean seed.

That will not happen!

A bean seed makes a bean plant.

Rocket laughs. "Now I know something new!"

Mistakes help us learn.

SEEDS AND PARENTS

Read the question.
Tap your answer.

What does a bean seed grow into?

What does an acorn grow into?

What is a parent plant?

BEAN FAMILY

Tap a card.
Then tap its spot.

1First

2Next

3Last

Try it

Find a dry bean and some apple seeds.
A grown-up cuts the apple to find the seeds.
Line them up on a plate.
Say which parent plant each seed came from.

Check your bean pot

Your beans have been in the pot for a week.

Look closely. Do you see a green hook or sprout?

If not, keep the mix damp and wait.

Safety first

Only a grown-up uses the knife.
Wear gloves to touch the potting mix.
Never put seeds, beans or soil in your mouth.
Wash your hands after you check.

Sentence	True or false?
A bean seed grows into a bean plant.	?
A bean seed can grow into a sunflower.	?
An acorn grows into an oak tree.	?
Mistakes help us learn.	?

WHY THIS EXERCISEYoung plants are very much like their parent plants.

Draw a bean plant and a bean sprout.

Word Spot: them

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Them: T-H-E-M.

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.

Give ___ some water.

I see the birds. I like ___.

You learned that seeds grow like their parents!

Tomorrow you will look at the very first leaves.