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Week 09 · Copy Nature

Monday

Sticky burrs
// Solve problems like plants and animals do
⏱ about 15 min

Monday: Sticky burrs

Raven comes back from a walk. Burrs cover her socks!

Rocket tries to brush them off. They hang on.

Nova zooms in. "Look at the tiny hooks!"

An idea from a plant

Long ago, a man took his dog for a walk.

Burrs stuck to his pants and to his dog’s fur.

He looked at a burr very closely.

It was covered in thousands of tiny hooks.

The hooks grabbed the little loops in his clothes.

He used that idea to make a new fastener.

One strip has tiny hooks. The other strip has loops.

FROM BURR TO FASTENER
  • Tap a card.
  • Then tap its spot.
1First
2Next
3Last
BURR FACTS
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What helps a burr stick?
Where did the man get his idea?
SentenceTrue or false?
A burr has tiny hooks.?
People can get ideas from plants.?
Burrs stick with glue.?
WHY THIS EXERCISECopying nature can solve people problems.
Try it
Find a shoe or jacket with hook and loop strips.
Pull them apart. Listen to the rip!
Look closely at each side.
HOOKS AND LOOPS
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What covered Raven’s socks?
What did the burr hooks grab?
One strip has hooks. The other strip has...
What does copy nature mean?
SentenceTrue or false?
A burr is a prickly plant part.?
The man looked closely at a burr.?
Hook and loop strips copy a rock.?
Burrs can stick to a dog’s fur.?
WHY THIS EXERCISELooking closely at nature can spark new ideas.
Draw a burr with tiny hooks.

Word Spot: put

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Put: P-U-T.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
I ___ my boots on.
___ the book on the shelf.

You learned how a plant gave someone an idea!

Tomorrow you will copy an animal.