25 teacher’s guide grow a bean plant! · lesson 25 teacher’s guide grow a bean plant! ......

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L E S S O N 2 5 T E A C H E R ’ S G U I D E

Grow a Bean Plant!by Jennifer Duffy

Fountas-Pinnell Level I

NonfictionSelection SummaryThis how-to book shows the way to grow big bean plants starting with small seeds. The directions are simple: put bean seeds in dirt and cover them. Give the seeds water and warm sunlight. Soon it is time to harvest a crop of green beans!

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Characteristics of the Text Genre • Nonfi ction

Text Structure • Four to seven lines of text in the same position on each page • Detailed instructions for planting and growing presented in chronological order

Content • Planting bean seeds and watching them grow • A plant’s needs, such as water, light, support

Themes and Ideas • Seeds are amazing; they contain everything they need to grow into big plants.• It is good to know how the food we eat grows.• Plants are living things that need certain things to thrive.

Language and Literary Features

• Questions and exclamations to stress important points• Imperative sentences to give instructions

Sentence Complexity • Mostly simple sentences, some with phrases and/or compound predicates. Example: Put each seed into a hole, and cover it with dirt.

• A few compound and complex sentences. Examples: These seeds may look small to you, but each one promises to grow into a big plant! Make sure the seeds are someplace where they will be warm.

Vocabulary • Gardening terms, some of which might not be familiar, such as harvest, sprinkle, watering can, crops, blossomed, drooping, sprouting

Words • Mostly one- and two- syllable words• A few multisyllable words, such as fortunate, underneath, photograph

Illustrations • Closeup and midrange photos support the textBook and Print Features • Nine pages of text, photos on every page

• Artistic green borders around photos reinforce the gardening theme and clearly separate photos from the text

© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.

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Target Vocabulary

blossomed – produced fl owers, p. 10

crops – plants that are grown for food, p. 10

drooping – hanging or leaning downward, p. 8

fortunate – very lucky, p. 10harmful – having a bad effect or

causing damage, p. 6 promised – stated that you will

do something, p. 10

sprouting – starting to grow out of a seed, p. 7

underneath – directly below or beneath, p. 7

Grow a Bean Plant! by Jennifer Duffy

Build BackgroundHelp children use their knowledge of gardens to visualize the book. Build interest by asking a question such as the following: What seeds or plants have you tried to grow? Which ones grew quickly? Which grew slowly? Read the title and author and talk about the cover photo. Explain that this is a science “how-to” book, so it gives information and details about how to grow a real bean plant.

Introduce the TextGuide children through the text, noting important ideas and nonfi ction features. Help with unfamiliar language so they can read the text successfully. Give special attention to target vocabulary. Here are some suggestions:

: Explain that bean plants grow very quickly, so they are great for a beginning gardening project. Suggested language: Turn to page 2 of this book and look at the photo. The seeds you see are bean seeds. Read the fi rst sentence: These seeds may look small to you, but each one promises to grow into a big plant! What are the seeds sure to do?

Page 4: Point out that the story has many gardening words. What are the children doing? Yes, they are giving the seeds some water. Read the second sentence: Use a watering can to sprinkle the dirt with water.

Page 6: Have children read the highlighted word harmful. What kinds of things are harmful to plants? What can hurt them or stop them from growing?

Page 7: Read the sentence: What’s going on underneath the dirt? Look at the part of the plant that is below the ground. What do you see down underneath the dirt? Now look at the top of the plant. The bean plant is starting to grow above the dirt. It is sprouting. Find the word sprouting on the page.

Now turn back to the beginning of the book and read to fi nd out how to grow your own bean plant!

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ReadAs the children read Grow a Bean Plant!, observe them carefully. Guide them as needed, using language that supports their problem-solving ability.

Remind children to use the Monitor/Clarify Strategy and to fi nd ways to fi gure out what doesn’t make sense.

Discuss and Revisit the TextPersonal ResponseInvite children to share their personal responses to the book.Suggested language: What did you fi nd most interesting about growing beans from seeds? What else would you like to know?

Ways of ThinkingAs you discuss the text, help children understand these points:

Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text

• Small seeds grow into big plants.

• The way to grow seeds is to cover them with dirt, and give them the right amount of water and sun.

• The seeds start growing under the soil and then grow above the soil, adding stems and leaves.

• The plants blossom, bud, and grow green beans that you can harvest.

• Farmers, scientists and gardeners know what plants need in order to grow well.

• Seeds are quite amazing because they grow into food to eat!

• It is fun and worthwhile to plant seeds and grow a crop, and anyone can do it with some basic knowledge.

• The author gives step-by-step instructions for growing bean plants.

• The closeup, cutaway photos on pages 7 and 9 show how the plants grow underground.

• The author does a good job making gardening seem fun.

© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.

Choices for Further Support• Fluency Invite children to choose a passage from the text to read aloud. Remind them

to give attention to punctuation, such as periods, question marks, and exclamation marks, and to read at a pace that demonstrates understanding of the factual information presented in the text.

• Comprehension Based on your observations of the children’s reading and discussion, revisit parts of the text to clarify or extend comprehension. Remind children to go back to the text to support their ideas.

• Phonics/Word Work Provide practice as needed with words and word parts, using examples from the text. Have children change beginning and ending letters to make new words: part/dart; seed/feed; bud/mud; crop/drop; bean/beat; deep/deer; can/cat; seed/seem.



Writing about ReadingVocabulary PracticeHave children complete the Vocabulary questions on BLM 25.1.

RespondingHave children complete the vocabulary activities on page 11. Remind them to answer the Word Teaser on p. 12. (Answer: underneath)

Reading Nonfi ctionNonfiction Features: Photos Remind children that nonfi ction has many features to help readers fi nd out and understand important information. Photos are one of these features. Explain that photos, in addition to being interesting to look at, are an important source of information. They help readers understand the text, and often they add details or new information that is not included in the text. Have children look again at the photo on page 9. Ask what details or information they can learn from the photo. (Bean seeds start growing underground. At fi rst the root is much bigger than the top part of the plant. As the plant grows taller, the root grows longer, too. Below ground, branches grow from the main root. Above ground, leaves grow from the stem.) Then have children choose another photo in the book and write a sentence about details or information they learned from the photo.

Writing Prompt: Thinking About the TextHave children write a response to the prompt on page 6.

Assessment Prompts• Which words on page 7 help the reader understand the meaning of the word

sprouting?

• The word harmful means _______________________________________________.



Read directions to children.

Target VocabularyFill in each blank with the correct Target Vocabulary word to tell about growing a bean plant.

1. First, I plant a seed underneath

some dirt.

2. The next thing I will see is when the

plant is sprouting .

3. A drooping bean plant will

need to be tied to a stick.

4. My bean plant grew and blossomed .

5. I will take care of my bean plant and keepharmful insects away

from it.

6. I am fortunate to have such

a nice bean plant.

7. The last thing for me to do is pick mycrops .

8. I promised I would share my

beans with my friends.

blossomedcropsdroopingfortunateharmfulpromisedsproutingunderneath

Vocabulary

Name Date

Grade 2, Unit 5: Changes, Changes Everywhere3

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First Pass

English Language DevelopmentReading Support Check regularly on children’s oral reading to determine accuracy, fl uency, and comprehension.

Cognates Point out the English/Spanish cognates plant/planta (page 2); to plant/plantar (page 2); photograph/fotografía (page 9); fortunate/afortunado (page 10).

Oral Language DevelopmentCheck children’s comprehension, using a dialogue that best matches their English profi ciency level. Speaker 1 is the teacher, Speaker 2 is the child.

Beginning/Early Intermediate Intermediate Early Advanced/ Advanced

Speaker 1: What does this book tell how to do?

Speaker 2: grow a bean plant

Speaker 1: Where do you plant the bean seeds?

Speaker 2: in dirt

Speaker 1: What do the plants need for growing?

Speaker 2: sun and water

Speaker 1: How do you plant bean seeds?

Speaker 2: Get dirt and make holes in it. Then put in the seeds and cover them with dirt.

Speaker 1: Where does the bean plant start to grow?

Speaker 2: It starts to grow underneath the dirt.

Speaker 1: Why is it important to give the plants just the right amount of sun and water?

Speaker 2: Plants need sun and water to grow. But too much sun or water could harm the plants.

Speaker 1: How can a stick help bean plants grow well?

Speaker 2: The plants get heavy and droop. The stick holds them up.


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Name Date

Grow a Bean Plant!Thinking About the Text

Think about the questions below. Then write your answer in one paragraph.

Think about the words and photographs in this book. Do you think the author has done a good job of teaching readers how to grow bean plants? Do you think you are now ready to grow a bean plant on your own? Why or why not? What else would you like to grow?


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Target VocabularyFill in each blank with the correct Target Vocabulary word to tell about growing a bean plant.

1. First, I plant a seed

some dirt.

2. The next thing I will see is when the

plant is .

3. A bean plant will

need to be tied to a stick.

4. My bean plant grew and

.

5. I will take care of my bean plant and keep

insects away

from it.

6. I am to have such

a nice bean plant.

7. The last thing for me to do is pick my

.

8. I I would share my

beans with my friends.

blossomedcropsdroopingfortunateharmfulpromisedsproutingunderneath

Vocabulary

Name Date Lesson 25

B L A C K L I N E M A S T E R 2 5 . 1

Grow a Bean Plant!Target Vocabulary


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Student Date Lesson 25

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Grow a Bean Plant!Running Record Form

Grow a Bean Plant! • level i

Behavior Code Error

Read word correctly ✓ cat 0

Repeated word, sentence, or phrase

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Omission — cat 1

Behavior Code Error

Substitution cut cat 1

Self-corrects cut sc cat 0

Insertion the

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Word told T cat 1

page Selection Text Errors Self-Corrections

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These seeds may look small to you, but each one promises to

grow into a big plant! You can plant these small seeds and

watch them grow.

First, find some dirt. Next, poke holes in the dirt. Make each

hole about an inch deep.

Seeds need water, just like people do! Use a watering can to

sprinkle the dirt with water.

Like most growing things, the seeds need light. Make sure the

seeds are someplace where they will be warm.

Take good care of your seeds. Too much sun or water is

harmful.

Comments: Accuracy Rate (# words read

correctly/93 × 100)

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Self-Correction Rate

(# errors + # Self-Corrections/ Self-Correction)

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