Unit 4 Week 2 Day 1: Life Cycle of a Pumpkin

Theme: Our Changing World

High Frequency: bumpy, fruit, harvest, root, smooth, soil, vine

Vocabulary (Amazing Words): adapt, annual, nutrients, undisturbed, bury, ancient, massive, sprout

Grammar: adjectives for Numbers, Size and Shapes

Background Knowledge / This week we are going to read and about our changing world. People change
as they grow. Animals change too.
How do plants change as they grow?
Sometimes quilts are stuffed with cotton. Cotton comes from a plant. Do
you know what else is made from cotton?
Kimi and Feodor grew up in places with different plants. What plants grow
where you live?
Poster 17
Poster Talk-through – read aloud and point as you describe the poster.
Students need to respond to the following questions with complete sentence.
Error Corrections: If needed, model, test, and ask the same question at the end of this section to retest.
What is this poster all about?
Where does the poster take place?
What are the characters doing in the poster?
Let’s talk about how plants change as they grow.
Error Corrections: If needed, model, test, and ask the same question at the end of this section to retest.
Have you ever grown a watermelon?
What are the little black things in a watermelon?
Do you like to eat watermelon?
Video: Life Cycle of a Pumpkin—two minute video; Life Cycle of a Pumpkin!—(3:48) non-narrated clip showing the life cycle of a pumpkin—some text is supplied
Oral
Vocabulary
Introduction / Poster 17
Watermelon plants adapt to their surroundings. Adapt means to change
to fit
Say it with me. Get ready.. ...adapt means to change to fit
Say it by yourselves. Get ready…adapt means to change to fit.
What do call change to fit? adapt
The plant had to adapt to a bigger pot.
The town has an annual watermelon feast. Annual means something that
happens once a year.
Say it with me. Get ready….annual means something that happens once a
year.
Say it by yourselves. Get ready….annual means something that happens once
a year.
What do we call something that happens once a year? annual
We have an annual family reunion in July.
The soil is full of nutrients. Nutrientsmeans what all living things need to
grow and be healthy.
Say it with me. Get ready... nutrients means what all living things need to
grow and be healthy.
Say it by yourselves. Get ready…nutrients means what all living things need
to grow and be healthy.
Whatdo we call what all living things need to grow and be healthy? nutrients
Fruits and vegetables have many nutrients in them.
High Frequency
Words / bumpy, fruit, harvest, root, smooth, soil, vine
Help children to respond to questions using complete sentences when appropriate.
Here are this week’s high frequency words.
This word is bumpy. What word? bumpy
Everyone, spell bumpy. b-u-m-p-y
What word did you spell? bumpy
This word isfruit. What word? fruit
Everyone, spell fruit. f-r-u-i-t
What word did you spell? fruit
This word isharvest. What word? harvest
Everyone, spell harvest. h-a-r-v-e-s-t
What word did you spell? harvest
This word is root. What word? root
Everyone, spell root. r-o-o-t
What word did you spell? root
This word is smooth. What word? smooth
Everyone, spellsmooth. s-m-o-o-t-h
What word did you spell? smooth
This word is soil. What word? soil
Everyone, spell soil. s-o-i-l
What word did you spell? soil
This word is vine. What word? vine
Everyone, spell vine. v-i-n-e
What word did you spell? vine
Second Time
When I touch under the word, say the word in your head.
When I tap under the word, everyone will say the word aloud.
Practice the word list until they read the list without errors.
Define
bumpy: covered with high spots or lumps
fruit: part of a plant that contains seeds
harvest:to gather crops
root: part of a plant that takes in water and holds the plant in place
smooth: flat or even
soil: top layer of Earth’s surface
vine: a plant with a long, thin, stem
Reading Comprehension / Distribute copies of Hooray For Pumpkins (Picture It) – ELL Teaching Guide page 114)
Have students look at the picture and tell what is happening.
Read the story aloud.
Help students do Fact and Opinionworksheet.
Read the Multilingual summary ELL Teaching guide on pages 117-119