What Are We Learning This Week?
Spring brings rain showers that help plants to grow.
This Week’s Big Questions
Why do plants need rain to grow? If there weren’t enough rain showers in the spring, how could you help the plants to grow?
Out on the Town
Take a walk around your neighborhood and look for signs of spring and plants growing. When you get home, draw a picture of your spring walk. What signs of spring did you see?
Show Me! Our Words of the Week
Say It:
Plant (n)
Explain It:
A plant is a living thing that has leaves and has roots that usually grow in the ground. I grow many types of plants in my garden.
Talk About It:
Describe the plants.
Say It:
Grow
Explain It:
To grow is to become bigger or taller. These bean plants are growing taller.
Talk About It:
How can we tell the beans are growing?
Say It:
Rain Showers
Explain It:
A rain shower is rain that only lasts for a short period of time. The spring rain shower only lasted a few minutes, but gave the flowers a good drink of water.
Talk About It:
Why do we need rain showers in spring?