2. Vocabulary for
"From Seed
to Plant"

3. About the Book Story and pictures by Gail Gibbons
Summary: This is a story about how plants make seeds, the different kinds of seeds, parts of a flower, pollination, how seeds are scattered, parts of seeds, and how seeds grow into plants. There is also a plant project that students can do.

4. Genre: Expository Nonfiction
Expository nonfiction gives facts about a topic.
Look for:
Diagrams with labels.
Events in time order.

5. Gail Gibbons Meet the Author The author writes the stories.
The illustrator _________
draws the pictures.
Gail Gibbons
Gail Gibbons was born in Oak Park, Illinois, in When she was a child, she made books and bound them with yarn to hold the pages together.
Before she started writing books, she did artwork for television shows.
Gail Gibbons has written and illustrated over 70 books!
Now she lives with her husband and lots of wild animals in Corinth, Vermont.
"Even as a child, I was always putting books together."
"I've always loved drawing and painting." L

6. Glossary Time Put your reading book on your desk.
Open your book to the glossary.
When you see the word, get ready to find the word in your glossary.

7. beautiful
-very pretty
These flowers are beautiful.

8. nutrition - Food that is needed for life and growth.
Baby chicks need good nutrition to grow into healthy chickens.

9. protects - keeps safe from harm
The peanut shell protects the peanut from harm.

10. ripens - matures and becomes ready to eat
A blackberry turns from red to black as it ripens.

11. streams
- small rivers
This was one of the streams we used to swim in.

12. Vocabulary Review Say the words. Read the sentences.
Fill in the blanks

13. beautiful nutrition protects ripens streams
The artist loved to paint ________ gardens.

14. The umbrella and raincoat _________ Sara from the rain.
ripens
protects
beautiful
nutrition
streams

15. We get _______ from healthy foods.
protects
beautiful
streams
ripens
nutrition

16. I would love to see the _________ in Hawaii.
streams
ripens
nutrition
beautiful
protects

17. A tomato ______ in the sun.
beautiful
protects
streams
nutrition
ripens

18. Grade 2-1, Theme 3 From Seed to Plant Vocabulary Review
beautiful - very pretty
nutrition – food that is needed for life and growth
protects - keeps safe from harm
ripens - matures and becomes ready to eat
streams - small rivers

19. Match the meaning to the word.
nutrition ___
ripens ___
streams __
protects ___
beautiful ___
- very pretty
- food that is needed for life and growth
- keeps safe from harm
- matures and becomes ready to eat
- small rivers; B D E C A

20. The End
Enjoy your story.
Anne Miller

21. Skill Practice: From Seed to Plant
Gail Gibbons Own Website
 An Interview With Gail Gibbons- this site has video clips of the interview
Test Tutor- Details
Grammar Gold- proper nouns
Grammar Gold- nouns
Grammar Gold- special names
Word Clues- make sentences using nouns, pronouns and verbs.

22. Photosynthesis for Kids Plants and Our Environment
Students’ Fun: Website for kids”
The Great Plant Escape
Photosynthesis for Kids
Plants and Our Environment
Meet the Plant Parts
Virtual cell
Plant Poems And Songs
Gardening With Children 
More Gardening with Children