Story and pictures by
Gail Gibbons
Summary: This is a story about how plants
make seeds, the different kinds of seeds,
parts of a flower, pollination, how seeds are
scattered, parts of a seeds, and how seeds
grow into plants. There is also a plant project
that students can do.
Genre: Expository Nonfiction
Expository
nonfiction gives
facts about a
topics.
Look for:
Diagrams with labels.
Events in time order.
Meet the
Author
The author writes the stories.
The illustrator draws
_________
the pictures.
Gail Gibbons
• Gail Gibbons was born in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1944. When she was a
child, she made books and bound them with yarn to hold the pages
together.
• Before she started writing books, she did artwork for television
shows.
• Gail Gibbons has written and illustrated over 70 books!
• Now she lives with her husband and lots of wild animals in Corinth,
Vermont.
• "Even as a child, I was always putting books together."
• "I've always loved drawing and painting."
1.Put your reading book on your
desk.
2.Open your book to the glossary.
3.When you see the word, get
ready to find the word in your
glossary.
beautiful -very pretty
These flowers are beautiful, but they
smell awful.
nutrition
- food part that is needed
for life and growth
Baby chicks need good nutrition
to grow into healthy chickens.
protects
- keeps safe from harm
The peanut shell protects the baby
peanut plant from harm.
ripens - matures and becomes
ready to eat
A blackberry turns from red
to black as it ripens.
streams - small rivers; brooks
This was one of the streams we used to panned
for gold in.
1. Say the words.
2. Read the sentences.
3. Fill in the blank
beautiful
nutrition
protects
ripens
streams
Claude Monet loved to paint ________
gardens.
The umbrella and raincoat
_________ Sally from the rain.
ripens
protects
beautiful
nutrition
streams
Our _________ friends remind us
to eat healthy foods.
protects
beautiful
streams
ripens
nutrition
I would love to see the
_________ in Hawaii.
streams
ripens
nutrition
beautiful
protects
A tomato ______ in the sun.
beautiful
protects
streams
nutrition
ripens
Grade 2-1, Theme 3
From Seed to Plant
Vocabulary Review
A. beautiful - very pretty
B. nutrition - food part that is needed for life
and growth
C. protects - keeps safe from harm
D. ripens - matures and becomes ready to eat
E. streams - small rivers; brooks
Match the meaning to the word.
1. nutrition ___
B
D
2. ripens ___
3. streams __
E
C
4. protects ___
5. beautiful ___
A
A. - very pretty
B. - food part that is
needed for life and
growth
C. - keeps safe from
harm
D. - matures and
becomes ready to
eat
E. - small rivers;
brooks
Anne Miller
Skill Practice:
From Seed to Plant
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Gail Gibbons Own Website
An Interview With Gail Gibbons- this site has
video clips of the interview
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Test Tutor- Details
Grammar Gold- proper nouns
Grammar Gold- nouns
Grammar Gold- special names
Word Clues- make sentences using
nouns, pronouns and verbs.
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Students’ Fun: Website for kids”
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The Great Plant Escape
Photosynthesis for Kids
Plants and Our Environment
Meet the Plant Parts
Virtual cell
Plant Poems And Songs
Gardening With Children
More Gardening with Children