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March 2023

The Tough Seeds

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The Tough Seed

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Academic Standards

 

Reading Objective:

Children will compare how three seeds have adapted for dispersal.

 

Science Focus:

plant adaptations

 

ELA Skills:

key details, vocabulary, text evidence, opinion writing, compare/ contrast

 

Page 4 Skill:

read a life cycle

 

Vocabulary:

tough, fiction, protects, root, bur, explodes, seedpod

 

CCSS:

RI.2.1 key details; RI.2.2 identify the main topic; RI.2.4 determine meanings of words; RI.2.5 use text features; RI.2.9 compare and contrast; RI.2.10 read informational texts; W.2.1 write opinion pieces; SL.2.1 collaborative conversations; SL.2.3 ask and answer questions

 

Guided Reading Level: 

M

 

Lexile Level: 

500L