Part 1a:

RAFT Card: Plant Life

Role (students)
Row 1

Teacher

Audience
Students

Format

Topic

Classroom

You are teaching your

Lesson

students the different

parts of a flower
(pedals, seeds, stem,

Row 2

Row 3

Sun

Flowers

Seed

Seeds

An informal

leaves, roots).
You are explaining

story

what plants need to

Interview

grow.
What is it like to grow
from a seed to a flower
(stages of growth)?

Part1b:
Row 1 Task Card
Objective: You will know the different parts of a flower and their function within the flower.
Student Role: Teacher
Audience: Students
Format: Classroom Lesson
Topic: You are teaching your students the different parts of a flower (pedals, seeds, stem, leaves,
roots).

Directions:
1. Visit Preschool Express: Parts Of A Plant to learn the different parts of a flower and what
2.
3.
4.
5.

their functions are (do not include fruit).

Design a Google Slides presentation with a minimum of 6 slides.
Include a title slide, a slide for each part of the flower, and pictures.
Practice presenting the presentation aloud.
Time presentation.

Resources:
Parts Of A Plant
http://www.preschoolexpress.com/discovery-station09/plant-parts-june.shtml
Parts of a Plant
http://kidsgrowingstrong.org/PlantParts
Plant Life Cycle (Video)
http://www.turtlediary.com/kindergarten-games/science-games/plant-life-cycle.html
Plant Songs
http://www.angelfire.com/la/kinderthemes/pfingerplays.html
Assessment:
Teach classmates with presentation.
You will receive:
25 points for information
15 points for clarity and eye contact
10 points for creativity

Row 2 Task Card

Objective: You be able to identify the four items that every plant needs to grow.
Student Role: Sun

Audience: Seed
Format: An informal story
Topic: You are explaining what plants need to grow.
Directions:
1. Visit The Hidden Villa Classroom and Thunderbolt kids to learn what plants needs to
grow.
2. Using Google Docs, write a short story about what plants need to grow and why each
item in important.
Resources:
What Plants Need to Grow
http://classroom.hiddenvilla.org/curriculum/for-english-language-learners/1st-grade/what-plantsneed-to-grow
What Plants Need to Grow
http://www.thunderboltkids.co.za/Grade4/01-life-and-living/chapter3.html
Plant Songs
http://www.angelfire.com/la/kinderthemes/pfingerplays.html
Assessment:
You will submit your story through the assignment page on the classroom website
This assignment will receive 35 points for creativity, identification of all four items, and spelling
and grammar.

Row 3 Task Card

Objective: You will be able to explain the different stages of a flowers growth.
Student Role: Flower
Audience: Seeds

Format: Interview
Topic: What is it like to grow from a seed to a flower?
Directions:
1. Visit Duckster: Biology for Kids: Flowering Plants to learn the stages of a flowers life
cycle.
2. Create a script starting with the interview question: What is it like to grow from a seed
to a flower?
3. Type a 100-200 word response to the interview question so it is easy to read.
4. Practice reading your script aloud. Ensure interview is less than 5 minutes.
5. Create a voice recording of your interview using SpeakPipe at
https://www.speakpipe.com/voice-recorder
6. Copy and paste final voice recording link onto the bottom of your typed script.
Resources:
http://www.ducksters.com/science/biology/flowering_plants.php
Assessment:
You will electronically send your script document through the assignment page on the classroom
website.
You will receive 20 point for each of the following: typed script, voice recording, and
information.