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Topic: Parts of a tree

(Science Class Lesson Plan- Compiled by Ron Chowdhury)


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Learning Objectives:

Students will be able to identify and label the parts of a tree.

Materials and preparation

• A Tree is Nice by Janice May Udry
• Tree Song
• All About Trees worksheet
• White paper
• Crayons
• How to Draw a Tree visual guide
• Projector

Engage (10 minutes)

• Gather your students in a circle.
• Read the book “A Tree is Nice” by Janice May Udry
• Read the title and ask your students to describe the cover.
• Ask your students to think of why the author thinks “a tree
is nice.”
• Read the story to the students to pay close attention to the
different parts of a tree mentioned in the story.

Study (15 minutes)

• Read the story while pausing to note the leaves, branches,

and fruit in the story. Allow time for your students to make
personal connections to the story.
• After reading the story, help your students summarize why
a tree is nice.

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 • Invite your students to expand on other ways trees are
good.
• Go back to the pages describing the leaves.
• Ask your students to share what they know about leaves.
• Repeat this process with the pages that describe branches,
the trunk, and fruit on a tree. Load the Tree Song video on
the projector screen.
• Watch the song one or two times while encouraging your
students to sing along.
• Ask your students if the song mentioned anything new
about trees.
• Ask your students to share what they know about roots.

Activate (15 minutes)

• Hand out the “Label the parts of a tree” worksheet.

• Tell your students that they will be labeling the tree with
the words found in the word bank at the top of the page.
• Go through the word bank with your students to make sure
they understand the words.
• Tell your students to each put a finger on the words as you
call them out in order.
• Tell your students to each put a finger on the words as you
call them out in a different order.
• Tell your students to use two fingers to point at the word
and part of tree that you are describing. Proceed with the
following descriptions: *They are green but change colors in
the fall (Answer: Leaves). They go under the soil (Answer:
Roots). Some trees have these things that you can eat
(Answer: Fruits). This part grows up out of the ground and

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 holds up the whole tree (Answer: Trunk). These things grow
out of the trunk in different directions (Answer: Branches).
• Dismiss your students to work at their tables.
• Encourage your them to help one another.
• Observe and guide them students as they work.

Extension (Optional: 10 minutes)

• Hand out sheets of white paper.

• Tell your students to draw their own trees.
• Instruct your students to use the All About Trees worksheet as

a guide to help them create and include all of the tree parts.
• On the board, model how to draw a simple tree.

As your students finish their drawings, ask them to name and

describe the parts of the trees that they drew.

Review (5 minutes)

Invite your students to share and compare their tree drawings.

Ask your students to name some ways in which a tree is nice.

Play the Tree Song video one more time and encourage your
students to sing along.

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