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Children will describe different kinds of seeds.

Vocabulary: pod, seed

Science Focus: seeds and plants

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

• In this story, a seed tells all about its bad behavior! After reading the book, ask kids for words that describe the bad seed, for example, mean, rude, grouchy, and so on.
• Then ask kids to point out the words that describe each seed in the issue, for example, striped, hard, light, and fluffy.

• Bring in snap peas, edamame pods, or snow peas for a snack. Before kids eat, let them open the pods and count the seeds (peas) inside!

• Use pages 2-3 of the issue to do this scavenger hunt as a group.

1. Find the picture with the biggest seed. Put a ✓ on it.

2. Find the word small in the green box. Now look in the blue box for a word that means the opposite. Circle it.

3. Look at the sidebar. Underline each word that starts with sun.

4. Which picture shows seeds that are striped? Put an X on it.

Skill: critical thinking, vocabulary

Materials: variety of seeds (apple, pumpkin, sunflower, bean, and so on); shallow dishes or clear cups; tweezers; sticky notes

• Set out a variety of seeds in a bowl. You can include the seeds suggested above, plus seeds from seed packets—just make sure there is a variety. In addition, set out clear cups or shallow dishes for kids to sort the seeds into.
• Now have children sort the seeds by attribute. They can sort any way they like, as long as they can describe each group of seeds using the text pattern from the issue. For example, “These seeds are small and brown. These seeds are white and hard.”
• You can write each descriptive sentence on a sticky note and place it next to that dish of seeds.