Colorful Flowers

                                                                                                                                                                                           September 28, 2014

Colorful Flowers

Flowers are everywhere!  They bloom during certain seasons, and have so many different types.  Daisies, pansies, zinnia's, marigolds and impatiens are some types of flowers you may see through the seasons.  The most popular flower during Autumn are mums.  All flowers need certain things to grow.  Flowers need, sunlight, air, water, and soil to grow.  All plant have the same basic structures; roots, stem, leaves, flowers or petals. In order to grow a flowering plant you need to dig a hole in the soil, and place seeds or a bulb in the ground and cover it with the soil.  Next, you water the plant, and it will soon grow roots.  As it grows  you will notice tiny leaves, and finally, flowers.  Each part plant has a specific job.  The roots hold the plant in place, and gets nutrients from the soil for the plant to grow.  The stem holds the plant straight up, and sucks vitamins through the roots.  The leaves pull in oxygen and sunlight to make food for the plant.  The flower or petals hold the nectar and seeds to grow a need flower.

Mums

                                                                     

saddie flowers

                                                         

                                         

marigolds

Voaculary:

1. petals(noun)-  colorful part of a plant

2. bloom(verb)- the flower of the plant

3. season(noun)- on of the four periods of the year, (winter, spring, summer, fall)

4. nutrients(adjective)- providing vitamins or nourishment

5. soil(noun)- a part of the earth's surface

6.structures(noun)- different parts of the plant

7. roots(noun)- anchors the plant to the ground and absorbs vitamins

8.stem(noun)- grows opposite of the roots and helps the plants stand up

9. leaves(noun)-  pieces of the plant that absorb light and oxygen

10. flower(noun)- the blossom of the plant, stores the seeds

                                                              

Task:

* Circle one of the two word choices that best completes the sentence and write it on the space provided.

1.  Pieces of plant that absorb light and oxygen (nutrients/leaves) _________________

2. Different parts of a plant (structures/flower) ______________________

3. The flower of the plant (roots/bloom) __________________________

4. Anchors the plant to the ground and absorbs vitamins (stem/roots) ______________________

5. The colorful part of a plant ( bloom/flower) _____________________________

6. Grows opposite of the roots and helps the plant to stand up (stem/season) ______________________

7. Providing vitamins or nourishment (soil/nutrients) __________________________________

8. One of the four periods of the year ( season/stem) _______________________________

9. A part of the earth's surface ( soil/ structures) _____________________________________

10. The blossom part of the plant that stores seeds (flower/petals) ______________________________


Grammar Point

You have learned many new science vocabulary terms in your reading of colorful flowers.  Please go outside and choose any flower you  like and glue it onto a piece of paper.  Label the science vocabulary words;  roots, stem, leaves, flowers on your paper as well.  You will be presenting your labeled science vocabualry terms and plant structures to your classmates.