Objectives
Practice listening to and saying some language phrases and vocabulary, on their own and in context.
- Seeds, seedling, flower, root, stem, plant, fruit
- It grows. Water makes it grow. Sun makes it grow. It is ____ tall. It was ___ tall.
- I grow. I am ___ tall. I was ____ tall.
Audio
The audio phrases are the target language. It is played 3 times. First time, just listen. Second time, listen and repeat. Third time, circle items on worksheet while they listen and repeat.
Planting and Growing Worksheet
The worksheet is to be used in 2 ways. First, the items on the top are to be circled while listening to the audio. Second, the bottom portion is to be filled out by each student. The bottom part can be shared with the class once complete, giving students an opportunity to talk about what they’ve made, using target language.
Grow Little Seed Grow Song
Students can watch this video to learn about how a plant grows.
The Planting Song
This song has lots of images of learned vocabulary in it. The teacher can prompt the vocabulary from this and last lesson.
Reading Time
The story book should be purchased ahead of time or borrowed from the library. Read the story “The Tiny Seed” to the students and ask the following questions.
- What do the seeds in the book become?
DR (plants.) - What do plants need to grow?
DR (They need sun and water.) - What kind of plants grows in the book?
DR (A flower.) - Does it grow tall or short?
DR (It grows tall.) - Are you tall?
DR (I am tall.)