Group 2: Vegetative Organs and Plant Tissue Day 1
Vegetative Organs and Plant Tissue! Today group 2 started their lesson plan on vegetative organs and plant tissue! Since day one is supposed to be direct instruction, this group focused mostly on a note packet. This packet was very short, colorful and fun looking so that the students didn't feel intimidated or shut down and not want to do it. Every page of the packet was a different part of the plant and they focused on one at a time. The transition between each page and each part made sense and was smooth because it all came together in the end. The parts of a plant are a very important part of science because we see plants everywhere. Teaching this topic in a 4th grade class is perfect because they are aware of that and know how important plants are. Aside from the note packet, there was a lot of hands out with diagrams on them. The teachers gave every student a personal plant to look at throughout the whole le...