1. The Tiny Seed Designed By Jenn Silva RDG 589

2. Materials Needed The Tiny Seed book by Eric Carle The Tiny Seed book by Eric Carle Pencils Pencils Crayons Crayons One computer per student One computer per student What plants need to live (worksheet 1) What plants need to live (worksheet 1) The Tiny Seed worksheet (worksheet 2) The Tiny Seed worksheet (worksheet 2) How-To booklet (beyond reading activity) How-To booklet (beyond reading activity)

3. Introduction Have you ever wondered how a plant can grow from a tiny seed? Click on the flower below to learn about the lifecycle of a plant. Picture from www.amazon.comwww.amazon.com

4. Before Reading Before you read The Tiny Seed with your partner, take a picture walk with your partner. Discuss and make predictions about what might happen to the tiny seed. Before you read The Tiny Seed with your partner, take a picture walk with your partner. Discuss and make predictions about what might happen to the tiny seed.

5. During Reading What do you think a seed needs in order to be able to grow? Click on the garden to print and fill out the activity worksheet.

6. After Reading Now that you have read The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle, you learned about things that helped the tiny seed grow and things that hurt the tiny seed. Click on the sunflower below to complete a story recall activity.

7. Beyond Reading Now that you have learned all about planting, create your own “How-To” plant a seed book like we have been learning about in Writer’s Workshop. Be sure to include all the important things that a plant needs to grow. Click on the gardener to print out the “How-to” paper.

8. Rubric Student’s task What Do Plants Need to Live? Worksheet You thought of one thing that plants need to live. You thought of two-three things that plants need to live. You thought of four things that plants need to live. Tiny Seed Story Recall Worksheet You correctly recalled two things from the story. You correctly recalled four to six things from the story. You correctly recalled eight things from the story. Creating a How-To booklet You included one correct stage of how- to plant a seed. You included two to three stages of how-to plant a seed. You included all stages of how-to plant a seed. Score 1Score 2Score 3

9. More Books by Eric Carle Did you enjoy reading The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle? Visit Eric Carle’s website to learn more about some other books that were written by him Eric Carle’s website Eric Carle’s website Pictures borrowed from Eric Carle’s website: www.eric-carle.comwww.eric-carle.com Click on any of the books to get information about them on Eric Carle’s website