Exploring Life Cycles

Lesson 2
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ELA

Unit 7

Kindergarten

Lesson 2 of 22

Objective


Explain how you can tell if something is alive and what all living things need to survive.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: What’s Alive? by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld 

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Target Task


Discussion & Writing Prompt

How can you tell if something is alive? What do all living things need to survive?

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Key Questions


  • How are you like a bird, a flower, a cat, and a tree? How are you different?

  • How can you tell the difference between something that is living and something that is nonliving?

  • Are cats and birds living things? How do you know?

  • How do plants get what they need to survive?

  • What questions can you ask yourself to know if something is living or nonliving?

  • What is the difference between something that is nonliving and something that is dead?

Vocabulary


nutrient

n.

a substance that helps an organism grow and survive

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Common Core Standards


  • L.K.4 — Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on kindergarten reading and content.
  • L.K.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
  • RI.K.2 — With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
  • RI.K.3 — With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

Supporting Standards

RI.K.1
RI.K.10
SL.K.1
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