A Seedy Story

VOCABULARY

DARK

Grandmother wore

a dark dress.

Without light

Night is dark.

Dark colours like for example black, dark blue, dark green…

EARTHThe world we live on.

Earth is called a planet because it circles around the sun.

The earth has the shape of an orange.

SEEDThe part of a plant from which another plant will grow.

Fruits and vegetables have seeds in them.

The farmer plants vegetable seeds and fruit seeds.

ROOTThe part of a plant bush or tree that grows downward into the earth.

Roots hold the plants

in place.

The roots take water and food from the soil to feed the plant.

PUSHEDMove something away from you.

The rabbit pushed the trolley.

BRAVECourageous – not afraid.

A good soldier is brave.

SHOOTA small branch

The bush has many new shoots, now that spring has come.

CREPTMove very softly and quietly.

The monster crept under the tree to hide.

DAMP SOILA little wet soil.

We walked on the damp soil and left our footprints.

PLUMA fruit

Plums are very good to eat.

POEM

In the dark, dark earth

Was a small, small seed.

And the sun came up

And the rain came down

From the small, small seed

Burst a white, white root.

And the sun came up

And the root pushed down.

From the small, small seed

Crept a brave, brave shoot.

And the shoot grew up

And the rain came down

From the damp, damp soil

Crept the brave, brave shoot.

And the shoot grew green

And the sun shone down.

From the green, green shoot

Grew a tall, tall tree.

And the sun came up

And the rain came down.

On the tall, tall tree

Grew A PLUM for me!

And the sun came up

And the sun shone down.