Study how plants grow with your English language learners with a cross-curricular lesson revolving around pumpkins. These activities provide opportunities to practice new scientific vocabulary while practicing skills such as estimating...

Here is a nice lesson, which includes some good worksheets, on pumpkins and how they grow. It is an ESL lesson designed for beginning and early intermediate students. After listening to some books about pumpkins, learners label pumpkin...

Sixth graders begin reading "The Lotus Seed" before determining a plant that is a representative of their country or region. They illustrate the plant and write sentences about it and locate the region on a map. Finally, they make a...

Students grow flowers from seeds. They plant quick-growing seeds in a flower pot and consider what a seed needs to grow. They observe and record the growth of the planted seeds in science journals.

Second graders read literature regarding the growth of seeds. They investigate how seeds need water and light to sprout and then grow. They experiment by planting their own bean seeds. They record the progress of their seeds in both...

Students investigate how plants grow by analyzing pumpkins. In this agricultural lesson, students read The Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steven Kroll, and draw pictures of a pumpkin in each of its growing stages. Students measure and dissect...

In this birds reading comprehension activity, students read a passage about birds and respond to 8 multiple choice questions regarding the paragraph. Some questions have more than 1 correct answer.

English Language Learners demonstrate their ability to sequence the steps in a process. After reading six sentences that describe how a flower grows, learners identify the right sequence and illustrate the steps. An answer key is provided.

Students take part in a number of activities that center around a spring theme. They draw the steps to show process of growing seeds.