Flower Pot

February 24, 2020

Hello Families!  

We just ended a great week of teaching and learning!  

Our African American History Presentations will take place in our
classroom on Tuesday, February 25th @ 9:30 and 12:00.

Wax Museum Project Checklist

❏ Practice saying the speech with personality and expression.
You want your audience to “believe” you are that famous

person. Memorizing  it would be GREAT!

❏ Decide what you should wear for your presentation.
Try to dress like your person.  Props should add to
your presentation.

❏ Look at the grading rubric to see how you will be graded.

❏ Bring everything (speech, rubric, poster and costume) to

school with you on the day you present.  

Big Idea: How do plants and animals help each other? Your child should think about ways each reading selection over the next six weeks can answer this question. 

This week’s reading selection: Flower Power 

Summary: From seed to blossom to seed again, a flower grows and makes new flowers. In addition to adding beauty to the world, flowers provide oxygen and food that people and animals need. 

Essential Questions: How do flowering plants use light and water? How are seeds spread?

DISCUSS with your child some of the ways that flowers are useful to people and animals. 



1. comfortable -adjective a pleasant condition with freedom 
2. develop- verb to grow or cause to grow 
minerals noun bits of rock and soil that help plants and animals grow 
3. nutritious -adjective giving nourishment; useful as food 
4. advance -verb to move forward carbon 
5. dioxide- noun a gas made up of one carbon and two oxygen atoms 
6. oxygen- noun a gas that people need in order to breathe 
7. exhale- verb to breathe out 
8. pollen- noun a powder made in flowers to help flowers reproduce 
9. produce -verb to make or create something 
10. transfer- verb to move someone or something from one place to another 
11. observe  - verb to make a careful study of





Monday

Reread the story of the week.Complete Text Connections question 1 - 4  at the end of the story. 
*Vocabulary:   Choice Board Activity
*Math:   Eureka Math Activity Sheet 

Tuesday

1. How does pollen get from one flower to another?  

2. Carbon dioxide enters a plant through ____________

3. Plants make food with energy from the  _______________

4. What are petals? 

*Vocabulary:   Choice Board Activity
*Math:   Eureka Math Activity Sheet 

Wednesday

1. What is a synonym for transfer in this sentence? The family will transfer their things to their new house.

2. Explain the difference between a seed and a seedling.

3. What do a plant’s roots do? 

*Vocabulary:   Choice Board Activity
*Math:   Eureka Math Activity Sheet 

Thursday 

Reading:  Re Read your story for the week.  

*Vocabulary:  Study     
*Math: Eureka Math Activity Sheet