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Week 07 · What Plants Need

Wednesday

Window plant watch
// Water and light
⏱ about 15 min

Wednesday: Window plant watch

Raven sets a plant by a window.

Rocket asks, "Will it move?"

Nova says, "Let's watch for days!"

You will need

  • A small potted plant
  • A sunny window
  • A small sticker or tape
  • Water
Safety first
A grown-up picks a safe plant.
Never eat leaves or soil.
Wash your hands after touching soil.

What to do

  1. Put the plant near a sunny window.
  2. Stick tape on the pot facing the window.
  3. Do not turn the pot.
  4. Water it when the soil feels dry.
  5. Look at the leaves each day.
MAKE A GUESS
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Which way will the plant lean?
DayWhich way do the leaves point?
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Draw your plant today.
PLANT CARE CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
The soil feels dry. What do you do?
For a grown-up
Leaning can take several days.
Keep watching into next week.
Any leafy houseplant works well.
PLANT WATCH CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Why put tape on the pot?
Do we turn the pot this week?
Do we eat leaves or soil?
SentenceTrue or false?
We look at the leaves each day.?
We wash hands after touching soil.?
Leaning happens in one second.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEWatching for many days shows slow changes.

Word Spot: eat, ate

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Eat: E-A-T.

Ate: A-T-E.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
Birds ___ seeds.
The bird ___ a seed.

You started a real plant watch!

Tomorrow we learn why plants need light.

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