All About

Plants

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 All About
Plants
What Plants Need . . . . . . . .2
Roots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Stems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Leaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds . .7
How Plants Grow. . . . . . . . .8
Grouping Plants. . . . . . . . .10

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 What Plants
Need
sunlight
air

Plants make their own food.

They need light and air.

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 water

soil

Plants need water and nutrients.

Plants use these things to make food.

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 Roots

roots

Roots take in water and nutrients.

Roots also help hold a plant in soil.

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 Stems

stem

Stems hold up the plant.

Food and water move through stems.

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 Leaves

leaf

Leaves take in light and air.

Leaves use light and air to make food.

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 Flowers,
Fruits, and
Seeds
flower

fruit

seed

Flowers make fruits.

Seeds grow in the fruit.

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 How Plants
Grow
strawberry
seed seed coat

15 days

Most plants grow from seeds.

A seed coat protects the seed.

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 60 days

45 days

Inside the seed is a tiny plant.

It needs warmth and water to grow.

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 Grouping
Plants

tree

grass

Grasses are a group of plants.

Trees are another group.

10

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 nonedible

edible

Edible plants are a group.

Nonedible plants are another group.

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 Vocabulary
sunlight, p. 2
nutrients, p. 3
roots, p. 4
stems, p. 5
leaves, p. 6
flowers, p. 7
fruits, p. 7
seeds, p. 7
seed coat, p. 8
edible, p. 11
nonedible, p. 11

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 Think About the Reading

1. What have you learned about

plants from reading this book?
2. What more about plants would
you like to learn?

Hands-On Activity

1. Pick a plant to observe. It may be

a plant at school or at home.
2. Observe the plant each week.
Draw the plant. Date each
picture.

School-Home Connection

Tell a family member what you have

read about plants. Talk with the family
member about plants the family eats.

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