1. The Important Thing About Plants
Written By: Mrs. North
Inspired by The Important Book~ Margaret Wise Brown

2. Table of Contents
What Are Plants?
How Do Plants Grow?
What Do Plants Need?
What Are The Parts?
What Are Roots? ……………………………………….7
What Are Stems? ………………………………………8
What Are Leaves? ……………………………………..9
How Do Plants Help? …………………………………10
Glossary…………………………………………………………11

3. The important thing about plants is that they are alive and they grow.
What Are Plants?
Plants are one of the 6 kingdoms of living organisms.
There are many different kinds of plants.
They can reproduce themselves.
But, the important thing about plants is that they are alive and they grow.

4. The important thing about plants is that they are alive and they grow.
How Plants Grow?
Some plants grow from a seed.
Some plants can grow from a piece of stem.
Some plants can grow from a leaf.
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But, the important thing about plants is that they are alive and they grow.

5. The important thing about plants is that they are alive and they grow.
What Do Plants Need?
Plants need the sun.
Plants need nutrients in the soil.
Plants need water.
soil
The plant is sprouting through the soil.
But, the important thing about plants is that they are alive and they grow.

6. The important thing about plants is that they are alive and they grow.
What are the Parts?
Plants have roots.
Plants have stems.
Plants have leaves.
leaf
stem
root
But, the important thing about plants is that they are alive and they grow.

7. The important thing about plants is that they are alive and they grow.
What Are Roots?
The roots anchor the plant.
The roots are the channel for moisture and nutrients to go from the soil to the stem.
Some roots can be eaten by animals and people.
tree roots
But, the important thing about plants is that they are alive and they grow.

8. The important thing about plants is that they are alive and they grow.
What Are Stems?
Stems grow from the roots and can look very different from plant to plant.
Stems hold plants up.
Stems help nutrients and moisture get to the leaves and flowers.
stem
But, the important thing about plants is that they are alive and they grow.

9. The important thing about plants is that they are alive and they grow.
What Are Leaves?
Leaves are attached to the stem.
Leaves are energy factories.
Leaves use sunlight and chlorophyll to produce energy for plants.
leaf
Plants have leaves to capture energy from the sun.
But, the important thing about plants is that they are alive and they grow.

10. The important thing about plants is that they are alive and they grow.
How Do Plants Help?
Plants give us oxygen.
Plants give us food.
Plants make our world more beautiful.
Strawberries are plants people eat.
Beans are plants people eat.
But, the important thing about plants is that they are alive and they grow.

11. Glossary channel a way for water to travel chlorophyll
a green pigment in plants
energy
power that comes from a source
flower
the part of a plant that has seeds
leaf
the flat part of a plant
moisture
small amount of liquid
nutrient
a substance that is essential for growth
organism
something that is alive
oxygen
colorless, odorless gas that humans breathe
seed
the part of a flower that can be planted to grow
soil
the layer of earth where plants grow
stem
the main stalk of a plant