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Early: Food From Plants
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What important things did you learn in this theme?
I learned that
I learned that
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I learned that
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How I Learned
Good readers do these things when they read.
Draw an X by the things you did when you read this text.
I made connections.
I thought about what would happen next.
I asked questions before I read.
I asked questions while I read.
I made pictures in my mind.
I picked out the most important ideas.
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I figured things out without the author telling me.
Give advice to another reader.
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Theme Song
Oh, what am I eating?
Yes, chewing?
And eating?
Oh, what am I eating?
.
✁
Sing to the tune of
“There’s a Hole in the Bucket.”
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leaf
root
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I’m eating a
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Making Inferences
Read pages 12–13 in Food From Plants.
What inference can you make?
Complete the sentence.
I infer
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because
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Name
Food From Plants
Look at the pictures.
Answer each question.
Use the words below each picture.
orange
juice
tomatoes
asparagus
corn
1. What is a stem you can eat?
2. What can you drink that comes from plants?
3. What plant has seeds that are the only part of the plant
you can eat?
4. What food can you eat from a vine?
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Write a sentence about food that comes from plants.
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Plants on My Plate
Complete the sentences.
Use words from the Word Bank.
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When I eat celery, I eat
Word Bank
seeds
roots
leaves
stems
When I eat peas, I eat
.
.
When I eat lettuce, I eat
When I eat carrots, I eat
.
.
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Seeds Grow Into Plants
1. Bean seeds grow into bean
Word Bank
trees
bushes
stalks
vines
.
2. Wheat seeds grow into wheat
.
3. Pumpkin seeds grow into pumpkin
4. Apple seeds grow into apple
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Look at the pictures.
Use a word from the Word Bank to finish
each sentence.
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Family Focus
Dear Family,
Your child has been reading the books Food From Plants,
Plants on My Plate, and Seeds Grow Into Plants in our unit of
study on food from plants. Please use this page to talk with
your child about foods people get from plants.
Your child has written a take-home book. Invite your child
to read the book to you. Use these questions to discuss the
book together:
• What part of a plant is celery?
• Tell me about the different plant parts that food comes from.
• What is your favorite plant to eat?
Words to Know
• bush
• roots
• flower
• seed
• grow
• stem
• leaf/leaves
• tree
• plant
• vine
Key Concepts
Your child has been learning these important ideas:
• Plants provide food for people.
• Some plants grow from seeds.
• People eat some parts of plants.
Share and Learn
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Talk about this scene with your child. Encourage
your child to use the Words to Know as you talk
about these questions: What is on this table?
What are some plants we can eat? What plant
parts do you see on the table?
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Enfoque en la familia
Estimada familia,
Su escolar ha estado leyendo los libros Food From Plants (La
comida de las plantas), Plants on My Plate (Las plantas en mi
plato) y Seeds Grow Into Plants (Las semillas crecen a ser
plantas) en nuestra unidad de estudio sobre la comida que
proviene de las plantas. Favor de usar esta página para hablar
con su escolar sobre la comida que las personas reciben de
las plantas.
Su escolar ha escrito un libro para llevar a la casa. Pídale a su
escolar que le lea el libro. Use estas preguntas para discutir
el libro juntos:
• ¿De qué parte de la planta viene el apio?
• Platícame sobre diferentes partes de la plantas que usamos
para comida.
• ¿Cuál es tu planta favorita para comer?
Vocabulario
• arbol
(tree)
• planta
(plant)
• arbusto
(bush)
• raíces
(roots)
• crecer
(grow)
• semilla
(seed)
• flor
(flower)
• tallo
(stem)
• hoja/hojas
(leaf/leaves)
• vid
(vine)
Ideas clave
Compartir y aprender
Hable con su escolar sobre esta escena. Pídale
a su escolar que use el Vocbulario mientras
hablen sobre estas preguntas: ¿Qué está sobre
esta mesa? ¿Cuáles son algunas plantes que
podemos comer? ¿Cuáles son algunas partes de
plantas que ves en la mesa?
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Su escolar ha estado aprendiendo estas ideas
importantes:
• Las plantas proveen comida para las personas.
• Las plantas crecen de la semillas.
• Las personas comen algunas partes de
las plantas.
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