Nicolette Hale

TX

Hi Natashia, I am also a student teacher but in a kindergarten classroom. Like you, I am teaching a lesson on the life cycle of a plant. I really like your idea of putting the flowers back together. For my lesson, I am beginning by reading The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. If you aren't familiar with the story, here is a link to a summary. https://www.shmoop.com/giving-tree/story-summary....

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Hi all! I am getting ready to teach an inquiry-based lesson on the plant life cycle to a kindergarten class. I plan to use actual potted plants for my students to pull out of the soil so they can explore by feeling and seeing the different parts of the plant. I am struggling with what to do for the elaboration portion of my lesson. Currently, I plan to have the students watch a BrainPop video a...

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Hi Kathy! I am a first semester student teacher and am getting ready to teach my first science lesson to my kindergarten class. I am teaching an inquiry based lesson on the plant life cycle. I thought a great book to use for this lesson would be The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. Another idea I had was to bring in small plants for each student to pull out of the soil to explore and keep them ...

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