3/4 Class Schedule: Plants

Mar 28 - Apr 1
Monday
What are plants?
Literature: From the Garden: A Counting Book about Growing Food by Michael Dahl
Art: Flower poster

Movement: Hop Scotch

Tuesday
Planting a seed
Literature: Jo MacDonald Had a Garden By Mary Quattlebaum
STEM: Dinosaur unit

Movement: Jump rope

Wednesday
Seed Cycle
Literature: I'm a Seed by Jean Marzollo
Art: Planting seeds

Movement: Back to Back

Thursday 
Seed Cycle
Literature: Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson

Art: Create paper plants in egg cartoon planters

Movement:  Back-to-Back

Friday
Why are plants important? They help us grow!
Literature: Vegetable Soup by Jeanne Modesitt
Art: Vegetable soup

Movement: Soccer

Writing Skill: Alphabet Review
Songs/ Finger Play:
Parts of Plants (Sung to: Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes)
Do you know the parts of plants, parts of plants?
Do you know the parts of plants, parts of plants?
All kinds of plants that grow, grow, grow.
Do you know the parts of plants, parts of plants?

The roots hold the plant in place, plant in place,
The stem move water up the plant, up the plant.
The roots store food and the stem feed the leaves.
Roots and steam give food to the plant.

The leaves soak up the sun, soak up sun.
The flower grows into fruit, into fruit.
The sun helps the plant and the fruit has tiny seeds.
The sun helps the plant to grow, grow, grow.